Weight and Mental Health, Page 2
Choosing Psychiatric Medications for Patients with Metabolic Concerns
Key PointsPsychiatric medication choices profoundly affect metabolic health and should be a primary consideration, not an afterth...
Creating Your Personalized Plan: Integrative Psychiatry for Metabolic Health
Key PointsSuccessful treatment requires addressing both mental and metabolic health simultaneously, not separately
Comprehensi...
GLP-1 Medications and Substance Use: A New Tool for Psychiatry?
Key PointsA landmark trial showed semaglutide significantly reduced alcohol consumption in people with alcohol use disorder
La...
GLP-1 Medications for Binge Eating Disorder: What the Research Shows
Key PointsNo large dedicated randomized trials exist yet for GLP-1s specifically in binge eating disorder
Preliminary evidence...
GLP-1 Medications and Mental Health: Separating Fact from Fiction
Key PointsGLP-1 medications do not increase risk of depression, anxiety, or suicidality compared to placebo
These medications ...
Should Psychiatrists Prescribe GLP-1 Medications? An Evidence-Based Perspective
Key PointsGLP-1 medications are safe from a psychiatric perspective and don't increase risk of depression or suicidality
These...
Bariatric Surgery and Mental Health: What Psychiatrists Need to Know
Key PointsNearly half of bariatric surgery candidates meet criteria for depression or anxiety at baseline
Surgery produces sig...
The Role of Stress Reduction in Weight Loss: Evidence-Based Approaches
Key PointsStress reduction isn't optional for weight loss. It addresses biological mechanisms that promote weight gain
Mindful...
Integrated Treatment for Obesity and Depression: What Works Best?
Key PointsTreating obesity and depression simultaneously produces better outcomes than treating each condition separately
Beha...
Weight Stigma: The Hidden Factor Making Depression and Obesity Worse
Key PointsWeight stigma shows moderate to large negative associations with mental health (correlations of 0.35-0.40 with depressi...