METHOD FOR OVERWEIGHT REDUCTION Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A61M21/00 A61B5/16 A61B5/107 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: psychotherapeutic contract is signed and treatment is conducted in the form of group and individual psychotherapy courses. After psychotherapeutic contract conclusion, patients are divided into four groups according to the levels of intelligence and depression. In the first group, skills of proper eating behaviour are taught, individual psychotherapy, drug therapy aimed at treating depression are conducted. In the second group, they skills of proper eating behaviour are taught, group therapy is conducted. In the third group, individual psychotherapy is conducted. In the fourth group, individual psychotherapy, drug therapy aimed at treating depression, and group psychotherapy are conducted. For all groups, monthly psychotherapeutic thematic sessions and treatment are conducted, and in parallel with psychotherapeutic treatment for all patients, bodily rehabilitation is performed, which includes lymph drainage, liposuction, lifting, and massage. Then a supporting course of massage is conducted. Depending on the body weight index, treatment duration is determined.

EFFECT: method allows to increase the effectiveness of patient's body weight correction by building self-monitoring skills and maintaining of the achieved result over a long period of time.

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