The treatment of obesity and its related chronic symptoms is one of the major issues that world healthcare systems are facing today. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective therapies in the treatment of dysfunctional eating behaviors. In the first part of the chapter, the phenomenon of obesity will be introduced; subsequently, the role of CBT into obesity treatment will be underlined. CBT’s core strategies will be presented and analyzed: goal setting, self-monitoring, stimulus control, problem solving technique, and cognitive restructuring technique. The use of these strategies and related results is a major issue, emphasizing the need for further studies on the phenomenon of obesity, given the excellent results available in the short term, with significant weight loss, but the difficulties in keeping the results achieved in the long run. Since obesity is a chronic condition, CBT treatments must focus on different outcomes, considering weight loss as a consequence of a change in the individual’s eating style rather than as a major and only result to be pursued. Finally, we will take into account the topic of motivation in the psychological treatment of obesity since patient’s motivation assessment seems to be a major prerequisite for successful weight loss therapy.

Musetti, A., Cattivelli, R., Guerrini, A., Mirto, A. M., Vailati Riboni, F. C. P., Varallo, G., Castelnuovo, G., Molinari, E., Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Current Paths in the Management of Obesity, in Ömer Şenormanc, Ö. Ş. (ed.), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Clinical Applications, InTech Open Access Publisher, London 2018: 149- 160. 10.5772/intechopen.72586 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/122828]

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Current Paths in the Management of Obesity

Cattivelli, Roberto;Vailati Riboni, Francesco Carlo Paolo;Castelnuovo, Gianluca;Molinari, Enrico
2018

Abstract

The treatment of obesity and its related chronic symptoms is one of the major issues that world healthcare systems are facing today. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective therapies in the treatment of dysfunctional eating behaviors. In the first part of the chapter, the phenomenon of obesity will be introduced; subsequently, the role of CBT into obesity treatment will be underlined. CBT’s core strategies will be presented and analyzed: goal setting, self-monitoring, stimulus control, problem solving technique, and cognitive restructuring technique. The use of these strategies and related results is a major issue, emphasizing the need for further studies on the phenomenon of obesity, given the excellent results available in the short term, with significant weight loss, but the difficulties in keeping the results achieved in the long run. Since obesity is a chronic condition, CBT treatments must focus on different outcomes, considering weight loss as a consequence of a change in the individual’s eating style rather than as a major and only result to be pursued. Finally, we will take into account the topic of motivation in the psychological treatment of obesity since patient’s motivation assessment seems to be a major prerequisite for successful weight loss therapy.
2018
Inglese
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Clinical Applications
978-953-51-3927-0
InTech Open Access Publisher
Musetti, A., Cattivelli, R., Guerrini, A., Mirto, A. M., Vailati Riboni, F. C. P., Varallo, G., Castelnuovo, G., Molinari, E., Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Current Paths in the Management of Obesity, in Ömer Şenormanc, Ö. Ş. (ed.), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Clinical Applications, InTech Open Access Publisher, London 2018: 149- 160. 10.5772/intechopen.72586 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/122828]
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