Treating Obesity with Personalized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Riccardo Dalle Grave MD is the Director of the Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital and of the master in treatment and prevention of obesity and eating disorders organized by the Italian Association of Eating and Weight Disorders (AIDAP). He is regularly invited to conduct public workshops on the nature and treatment of obesity and eating disorders in Italy, Europe, and the U.S. He supervises several units and clinical services in Europe, US, and Middle East, and teaches at several Italian schools of psychotherapy. He has published 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals included in PubMed, about 100 papers and 25 books in Italian, two books in the U.S., and several chapters in books on eating disorders and obesity. He is member of the editorial board of International Journal of Eating Disorders, European Eating Disorder Review and Eating and Weight Disorders, senior editor of the Journal of Eating Disorders and editor of the journal Emozioni e Cibo. He is fellow of Academy for Eating Disorder, past-president of AIDAP and past treasurer of Italian Society of Obesity (SIO). Massimiliano Sartirana PsyD, is a psychologist and has extensive clinical experience in the treatment of eating disorders and obesity. He teaches in several Italian schools of psychotherapy, and co-authored two books in Italian

CBT-OB: an overview.- Assessing and preparing patient for CBT-OB.- Module 1 - Monitoring food intake, physical activity and body weight.- Module 2. Changing eating style .- Module 3. Developing an active lifestyle.- Module 4. Addressing obstacles to weight loss.- Module 5. Addressing weight-loss and primary goals.- Module 6. Addressing obstacles to weight maintenance.- Family (or significant others) involvement.- Adaptations for intensive levels of care.- Adaptations for patients with binge-eating disorders.- Combining CBT-OB with drugs and bariatric surgery.- CBT-OB and digital technology.- Appendix: The Monitoring Record.- The individualized Formulation.- The Weight-Loss Obstacles Questionnaire.- The Weight-Maintenance Obstacles Questionnaire.

"This is a comprehensive guide and reference for using CBT-OB with individual patients. ... By addressing their perspectives around these things and adopting a focus on long-term weight maintenance after healthy weight loss, patients can make lasting lifestyle changes. ... the book provides helpful and thorough information on delivering CBT for obesity." (Elizabeth M Waldron, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2019)