Obesity, an Issue of Psychiatric Clinics - Thomas A. Wadden, Albert J. Stunkard, Robert I. Berkowitz

Obesity, an Issue of Psychiatric Clinics

a Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2005
Saunders (Verlag)
978-1-4160-2678-5 (ISBN)
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Examines obesity from a psychiatric standpoint, discussing topics such as body image, behavioral assessment and treatment, obesity and psychiatric status, and self-help programs. This work also provides numerous articles on the medical treatment of obesity, giving psychiatrists a base of knowledge to council their obese patients.
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.

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)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.5.2005
Reihe/Serie The Clinics: Internal Medicine ; v. 28-1
Zusatzinfo Illustrations, ports.
Verlagsort Philadelphia
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychosomatik
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10 1-4160-2678-9 / 1416026789
ISBN-13 978-1-4160-2678-5 / 9781416026785
Zustand Neuware
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