| Self-help in the long-term treatment of obesity. | |
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PMID: 12119666 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Despite the short-term success of professional behavioural techniques for obesity, weight losses are typically regained following treatment. The long-term maintenance of treatment effects will probably require ongoing, continuing care. Continuing care may be economically feasible when administered through self-help treatment modalities. Self-help confers a number of psychological benefits, such as self-reliance and an increased sense of empowerment. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of various modalities of self-help are reviewed, including purely self-prompted help, self-administered manuals, computer-assisted therapy, professionally assisted correspondence courses, and non-profit and commercial self-help groups. Stepped-care models suggest using a combination of these approaches when appropriate. However, logistical difficulties present themselves in stepped-care approaches with obesity, such as the complicating effects of severity and comorbidity on stepped-care status. Self-help groups are a promising venue for the provision of continuing care and as an adjunct to more intensive, specialty therapies. |
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Authors:
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J D Latner |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Volume: 2 ISSN: 1467-7881 ISO Abbreviation: Obes Rev Publication Date: 2001 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-07-17 Completed Date: 2002-08-01 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100897395 Medline TA: Obes Rev Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 87-97 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020, USA. jlatner@rci.rutgers.edu |
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Bibliotherapy
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economics Cost-Benefit Analysis Diet Exercise Humans Obesity / therapy* Self Care* Self-Help Groups / economics Software Weight Loss |
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