Psychiatrist treating obesity?
Given that some of the antiobesity medications (Contrave, stimulants, even phentermine-topiramate) as well as nonpharmacological options such as therapy (lifestyle modification, behavioral activation, motivational interviewing) are within the scope of practice for psychiatry, I was wondering how common it is for psychiatrists to be treating obesity outside of antipsychotic-induced weight gain?
There are many more medications that we may not use (orlistat, GLP-1 agonists although this is...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: clozareal Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
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