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Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity

An Interdisciplinary Guide to Integrated Care

  • The only book to explore bi-directional relationship between psychiatric illness and severe obesity
  • The first book to discuss psychosocial, cognitive, and other psychiatric interventions
  • Seamlessly guides clinicians to assess and approach co-morbid psychiatric disorders and severe obesity
  • Includes tools for use in practice and each assessment and treatment, including clinical checklists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Severe Obesity for Psychiatrists

      • Raed Hawa, Sanjeev Sockalingam
      Pages 3-4
    3. Severe Obesity: A Patient’s Perspective

      • Becky Smith, Catherine Laird
      Pages 5-17
  3. Causes and Treatment of Obesity: From Genes to Integrated Care Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Insecure Attachment and Trauma in Obesity and Bariatric Surgery

      • R. G. Maunder, J. J. Hunter, Tho Lan Le
      Pages 37-48
    3. Medical Complications Resulting from Severe Obesity

      • Patti Kastanias, Karyn Mackenzie, Sandra Robinson, Wei Wang
      Pages 49-73
    4. Overview of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Severe Obesity

      • Kristel Lobo Prabhu, Timothy Jackson
      Pages 75-82
    5. Integrated Models for Severe Obesity Management: Role for Psychosocial Teams

      • Wynne Lundblad, Alexis M. Fertig, Sanjeev Sockalingam
      Pages 83-90
  4. Assessment of Psychosocial Domains in Severe Obesity Care

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. Weight-Based Stigma and Body Image in Severe Obesity

      • Stephanie E. Cassin, Aliza Friedman
      Pages 93-105
    3. Mood Disorders and Severe Obesity: A Case Study

      • Giovanni Amodeo, Mehala Subramaniapillai, Rodrigo B. Mansur, Roger S. McIntyre
      Pages 107-121
    4. Eating Disorders in Severe Obesity

      • Susan Wnuk, Jessica Van Exan, Raed Hawa
      Pages 123-140
    5. Addictive Disorders in Severe Obesity and After Bariatric Surgery

      • Carrol Zhou, Sanjeev Sockalingam
      Pages 141-156
    6. Sleep and Severe Obesity

      • Elliott Kyung Lee, Raed Hawa
      Pages 157-172
  5. Nutrition and Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Obesity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
    2. Nutrition Management of Severe Obesity

      • Katie Warwick, Lorraine Gougeon
      Pages 189-205

About this book

This book is designed to present a comprehensive, state-of the-art approach to assessing and managing bariatric surgery and psychosocial care. Unlike any other text, this book focuses on developing a biopsychosocial understanding of patients’ obesity journey and psychosocial factors contributing to their obesity and its management from an integrated perspective.  
Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity takes a 360 approach by covering the disease’s prevalence and relationship to psychiatric illness and social factors, including genetics, neurohormonal pathways and development factors for obesity.  This book presents evidence and strategies for assessing psychiatric issues in severe obesity and uses common psychiatric presentations to feature the impact on bariatric surgery and key assessment features for weight loss. Concluding chapters focus on evidence-based psychosocial treatments for supporting patients with weight loss and bariatric surgery and includes educationaltools and checklists for assessment, treatment, and care. Experts on non-pharmacological interventions such as mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral therapy and nutrition education describe treatment approaches in each modality, concluding with pharmacological approaches for psychiatric conditions and eating pathology. Additional tools in the appendices support clinicians, making this the ultimate guide for managing psychiatric illness in patients suffering from severe obesity.
As obesity continues to grow in prevalence as a medically recognized epidemic, Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity serves a vital resource to medical students, psychiatrists, psychologists, bariatric surgeons, primary care physicians, dietitians, mental health nurses, social workers, and all medical professionals working with severely obese patients.

Reviews

“Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity provides a timely and comprehensive account of the current best practice in understanding, assessing and treating a person with severe obesity. It is a much-needed resource for professionals managing the emotional well-being of this patient group, especially given the prevalence of mental ill health within this cohort.” (Jennifer Woodhouse, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 213 (2), August, 2018)

“This book is written for practitioners across various specialties, including psychiatry, bariatric surgery, and primary care, as well as medical students, residents, psychologists, dietitians, and anyone providing care to those with severe obesity. … an in-depth look at the complex biopsychosocial factors impacting obesity and comorbid psychiatric illness. Its broad swath of topics ranging from bariatric surgery to mindful eating and everything in between makes it a unique and helpful resource for anyone providing care to patients with severe obesity.” (Andrea Lundberg, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Toronto Western Hospital Bariatric Surgery Program, Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

    Sanjeev Sockalingam

  • Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Raed Hawa

About the editors

Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam – Deputy Psychiatrist-in-Chief for Toronto General & Princess Margaret Hospitals, University Health Network, Director, Bariatric Surgery Psychosocial Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Director of Psychiatry Continuing Professional & Practice Development, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto


Dr. Raed Hawa – Deputy Psychiatrist-in-Chief for Toronto Western and Toronto Rehab Institute Hospitals, University Health Network, Director, Undergraduate Medical Education, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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