[Interpersonal patterns in obese patients].

In the last decades the number of obese and pre-obese patients in Western industrial nations increased. Obese patients have been largely unsuccessful in losing weight over time, but the causes of their difficulties and the causes of their obesity have remained unclear. We examined whether the attachment style and its interaction with interpersonal processes would shed light on this question.

Attachment style contributes to the outcome of a multimodal lifestyle intervention.

Background & Aims: The long-term success of life-style interventions in the treatment of obesity is limited. Although psychological factors have been suggested to modify therapeutic effects, specifically the implications of attachment styles and the patient-therapist relationship have not been examined in detail yet.

Methods: This study included 44 obese patients who participated in a one-year multimodal weight-reduction program.

Psychodynamic mechanism and weight reduction in obesity group therapy - first observations with different attachment styles.

Objectives: Successful long-term results are extremely rare in non-surgical obesity treatment. Interactional difficulties with the attending physicians and the limited compliance of obese patients are a frequently described dilemma in repeated psychotherapeutic group treatment attempts. The type of relationship initiation and the attachment behavior probably play a central role in this connection but have not yet been systematically investigated.

The fatal outcome of an individual with anorexia nervosa and Sheehan's syndrome as a result of acute enterocolitis: a case report.

Objectives: To illustrate the close association between a disturbed psychosocial up-bringing, frequent physical illness, and medical interventions.

Method: We report a case of a 44-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa (AN) and Sheehan's syndrome who died as a result of a toxic cardiac arrest.

Results: The patient presented with a BMI of 13.