Psychological approach to obesity in children and adolescents in a multidisciplinary consultation
Dreyfus, M.
Annales de Pediatrie 40(5): 305-312
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-2097 PMID: 8346882 Document Number: 415906
Obesity is a multifactorial syndrome involving both a genetic susceptibility and environmental factors such as early eating experiences in infancy. Interviews, drawings, and a personality test (Rorschach) were used to classify obese children according to their personality. Results suggest that the eating disorder is only one component of a more global alteration in psychological organization. These data support the need for psychological intervention.