Obesity : a guide for mental health professionals
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Obesity : a guide for mental health professionals
（The Psychiatric clinics of North America, v. 28,
Saunders, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Obesity has become a major health epidemic. The psychiatric aspects of obesity - contributing to the condition as well as resulting from it - are important for every psychiatrist to understand. This issue examines obesity from a psychiatric standpoint, discussing topics such as body image, behavioral assessment and treatment, obesity and psychiatric status, and self-help programs. The issue also provides numerous articles on the medical treatment of obesity, giving psychiatrists a solid base of knowledge with which to council their obese patients.
Table of Contents
1. Behavioral Treatment of Obesity (Wadden, Crerand and Brock) 2. Medical Evaluation of the Obese Individual (Kushner and Roth) 3. Physical Activity Recommendations in the Treatment of Obesity (Jakicic and Otto) 4. Obesity and Eating Disorders (Allison and Stunkard) 5. Surgical Treatment of Obesity (Pender and Pories) 6. Drug treatmentof Obesity (Bray) 7. Obesity: Overview of an Epidemic (Hill, Catenacci and Wyatt) 8. The Reguation of Energy Balance by the CNS (Proulx and Seeley) 9. Body Image and Obesity in Adulthood (Sarwer, Thompson and Cash) 10. Public Policy and Obesity: The Need to Marry Sciences with Advocacy (Wang and Brownell) 11. Obesity and Psychiatric Status (Berkowitz) 12. Dietary Approaches for Weight Control (Foster) 13. Commercial and Self-Help Programs for Obesity (Tsai) 14. Behavioral Assessment and Treatment Overview (Mitchell and Myers) Special Articles Section 15. Neuroleptic-induced Movement Disorders: An Overview (Sachdev) 16. Huntington's Disease and Related Disorders (Anderson)
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