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1103 – Obesity, Psychopathology And Neuropsychology: Clinical And Therapeutic Considerations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2020
Abstract
Experimental evidence indicates that patients with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or mood disorders have a higher incidence of overweight and obesity (Daumit et al., 2003).
This review describes the neuropsychological functioning and therapeutical approaches (psychotherapeutic, pharmacological, surgical) in obese patients with psychiatric disorders.
To provide suggestions for good clinical practice in obese subjects with psychopathology, based on data found in the literature.
MEDLINE and PubMed databases (1962-2012) were searched for English-language articles.
Most of the literature says that the best treatment for these patients should use an integrated approach, starting from an assessment of the psychological and cognitive resources to set up a more effective and personalized therapeutic path.
Obese patients who have psychiatric disorders represent a population that requires specific treatment measures; in fact, the development, the maintenance and the outcome of the problem of weight are influenced not only by physical and life style factors, but also by specific factors related to psychopathology, neuropsycology, and side effects of certain drugs.
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- European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E497
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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