OBESITY TREATMENT METHOD Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, in particular, psychiatry and psychotherapy. SUBSTANCE: method involves treating patient having I-II obesity extent for single procedure including offering psychotherapeutic composition in the form of film having illustrative material comprising 80% of static pictures. Narrator's voice behind frame successively provides for rational psychotherapy, introducing of patient into meditation state, suggesting weight reduction program and suggesting keeping of predisposition toward losing of weight. Simultaneously musical accompaniment of nature corresponding to and emotionally enhancing the sense of psychotherapeutic effect. Rhythm of musical compositions during therapeutic procedure is discretely increased from 40 to 90 strokes per minute. Apart from verbal effect and musical accompaniment, illustrative images are shown on screen, these images having appearance and shape facilitating formation by patient of psychoemotional attitude toward object of suggestion. EFFECT: increased therapeutic effect. 8 cl