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Dieting and Depression

An Assessment of Affective Disturbance occurring during the Clinical Trial of a New Anorectic Preparation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. Trevor Silverstone  and
B. D. Lascelles
J. Trevor Silverstone
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Medical Professorial Unit, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, E.C.I
B. D. Lascelles
Affiliation:
4 Spital Square, London, E.I
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Obesity, one of the major threats to health and longevity in Western society, is usually treated with some form of weight-reducing regime. However, in recent years several authors have cautioned against the widespread prescription of reducing diets for obese patients because of the danger of inducing severe depression. The present investigation was undertaken to determine the actual risk of such severe depressive illness occurring among a group of obese dieters attempting weight reduction under the supervision of their general practitioner.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 112 , Issue 486 , May 1966 , pp. 513 - 519
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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