Brigitte Karcher
Associate Professor
Title: Cognitive behavioral therapy versus bariatric surgery in the treatment of eating disorders
Biography
Biography: Brigitte Karcher
Abstract
In western countries, obesity is currently considered as a major public health issue, mostly in relation with bulimia addiction. While meeting obese subjects with bulimia, one can hear a complaint and a suffering expressed as an acute pain of body dissatisfaction. These subjects feel ashamed and conclude that their body dissatisfaction should have a large impact on their self-esteem. The care requested is more related to this suffering as to its impact on health. To better understand this demand for restoring self-esteem by losing weight, we undertook to assess the actual effects of weight loss. The aim of our study was to measure the effects of medical treatment or psychological support on self-esteem and body dissatisfaction for obese subjects with bulimia.