Psychological Care in Severe Obesity A Practical and Integrated Approach

This practical guide for the treatment of severe obesity and its related comorbidities covers evidence-based and emerging psychological interventions, including: motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness and compassion-focused interventions, technology-enabled psychological interventions and family-based interventions. The first resource of its kind to provide a detailed and integrated approach to using psychological treatments for obesity and its related comorbidities, this book will enable health care professionals to make decisions regarding the types of treatments that may be beneficial for particular issues, including disordered eating, psychological comorbidities, and treatment non-adherence. Case vignettes and clinical dialogues are used throughout to illustrate how to apply these treatments in clinical practice, making this book an essential read for any health care professional involved in the care of individuals with obesity, including psychologists, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, social workers and dietitians.

Preface; Part I. Introduction to Psychological Care in Severe Obesity: 1. Psychosocial issues in severe obesity Sanjeev Sockalingam and Raed Hawa; 2. The role of psychosocial interventions to support medical and surgical treatments of severe obesity Stephanie Sogg, Molly Atwood and Stephanie Cassin; 3. Weight stigma and related social factors in psychological care Paula Brochu, Rebecca Pearl and Laurie Simontacchi; 4. Engaging individuals with severe obesity in care Jon Hunter and Robert Maunder; Part II. Adapting Motivational Interviewing for Severe Obesity: 5. Motivational interviewing for behavioural and lifestyle changes in severe obesity Lauren David and Stephanie Cassin; 6. Motivational interviewing for disordered eating in severe obesity Josie Geller, Megumi Iyar and Erin Dunn; 7. Motivational interviewing for medication and vitamin adherence in severe obesity Marlene Taube-Schiff and Richard Yanofsky; Part III. Adapting Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Severe Obesity: 8. Cognitive behavioural therapy for behavioural and lifestyle changes in severe obesity Aliza Friedman and Stephanie Cassin; 9. Cognitive behavioural therapy for disordered eating in severe obesity Alexis Fertig and Wynne Lundblad; Part IV. Adapting Mindfulness and Compassion Based Therapies for Severe Obesity: 10. Mindfulness-based therapies in severe obesity Jean Kristeller, Susan Wnuk and Chau Du; 11. Compassion-focused therapy in severe obesity Jacqueline Carter, Kerri Bojman and Allison Kelly; Part V. Additional Psychological Therapies Adapted for Severe Obesity Care: 12. Family-focused interventions in severe obesity Anna Wallwork and Annie Basterfield; 13. Support groups for severe obesity Susan Wnuk, Lorraine Gougeon and Annie Basterfield; 14. Telephone-based psychological interventions in severe obesity Stephanie Cassin, Adrienne Mehak and Sanjeev Sockalingam; 15. Web-based and smartphone application based psychological interventions in severe obesity Melvyn Zhang, Alvona Loh and Roger Ho; 16. Psychosocial interventions for other common psychiatric comorbidities in severe obesity Sarah Royal and Danielle MacDonald; Part VI. Integrated Approaches in Obesity Care: 17. Integrated models of obesity care Raed Hawa and Sanjeev Sockalingam; 18. An integrated psychological approach to obesity care Stephanie Cassin, Raed Hawa and Sanjeev Sockalingam; Index.

Stephanie Cassin is an Associate Professor and the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University, Toronto. She is also an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Raed Hawa is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Sanjeev Sockalingam is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is also Director of the Bariatric Surgery Psychosocial Program at Toronto Western Hospital.