title: Body-image disturbances among obese adults: evaluation and treatment.
abstract: This paper describes how to diagnose and treat body-image disturbances by a clinical technique involving direct patient participation. The technique has been effective as a diagnostic barometer uncovering discrepancies between the reality of being fat and some patients' secret belief of being thin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001154:Art; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy