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Improving the Effectiveness of Behavioural Management of Severe Obesity by Incorporating Hospitalized Fasting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Paul R. Martin
Paul R. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009
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A treatment approach to severe, refractory obesity involving combining therapeutic starvation with behavioural management techniques was advocated. The potential of the approach was illustrated by the description of a patient who lost 53 lb in weight over a 14-month-period.

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Clinical Section
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 261 - 266
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1984

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