'Adventure therapy' combined with cognitive-behavioral treatment for overweight adolescents

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-39

  Jelalian, E ^a,b   Mehlenbeck, R ^a   Lloyd Richardson, E E ^b   Birmaher, V ^b   Wing, R R ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Brown University Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Overweight; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 29044446330     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803069     Document Type: Article

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