MI strategy Examples Open-ended questions How are you feeling about your current dietary habits? Importance ruler How important is it to you to make these dietary changes? (on a scale…

Fig. 15.1 The role of social support on weight loss outcomes 15.2 Clinical Implications 15.2.1 Involving Significant Others Support vs. sabotage : The importance of social support in achieving lifestyle…

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Sanjeev Sockalingam and Raed Hawa (eds.)Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity10.1007/978-3-319-42536-8_13 13. Psychiatric Suitability Assessment for Bariatric Surgery Weronika Gondek1   (1) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of…

Fig. 12.1 Sleep mechanisms and their connections to obesity The two commonest sleep disorders associated with obesity are obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAS) and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) . Treatment…

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Sanjeev Sockalingam and Raed Hawa (eds.)Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity10.1007/978-3-319-42536-8_9 9. Mood Disorders and Severe Obesity: A Case Study Giovanni Amodeo1  , Mehala Subramaniapillai2  , Rodrigo B. Mansur2   and Roger S. McIntyre2, 3, 4   (1) Department of Psychiatry,…

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Sanjeev Sockalingam and Raed Hawa (eds.)Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity10.1007/978-3-319-42536-8_8 8. Weight-Based Stigma and Body Image in Severe Obesity Stephanie E. Cassin1, 2, 3   and Aliza Friedman1   (1) Department of Psychology, Ryerson University,…

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Sanjeev Sockalingam and Raed Hawa (eds.)Psychiatric Care in Severe Obesity10.1007/978-3-319-42536-8_7 7. Integrated Models for Severe Obesity Management: Role for Psychosocial Teams Wynne Lundblad1  , Alexis M. Fertig1   and Sanjeev Sockalingam2, 3   (1) Department of Psychiatry,…