Peer health coaching for overweight and obese individuals with serious mental illness: intervention development and initial feasibility study

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 277-284

  Aschbrenner, Kelly A ^a,b,c   Naslund, John A ^a,b,c   Barre, Laura K ^d   Mueser, Kim T ^e   Kinney, Allison ^a   Bartels, Stephen J ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifestyle intervention; mHealth; Mobile health; Obesity; Peer health coach; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84939156138     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-015-0313-4     Document Type: Article

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