General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 132-140 , March 2010

Do mental disorders and eating patterns affect long-term weight loss maintenance?

  • Tanja Marina Legenbauer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL-Klinik Dortmund, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44287 Dortmund, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 23145032396; fax: +49 2314503 2743.
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  • Martina de Zwaan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Barbara Mühlhans, Psy.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Frank Petrak, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL-Klinik Dortmund, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44287 Dortmund, Germany
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  • Stephan Herpertz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL-Klinik Dortmund, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44287 Dortmund, Germany

Received 24 September 2008 ,Accepted 9 September 2009.

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 S. Herpertz has received honoraria or travel support from Lilly, Lundbeck, Pfizer and Sanofi-Aventis. F. Petrak has received honoraria and grant/research support from Pfizer, Berlin-Chemie, Lilly and Novo Nordisk Pharma.

☆☆ T.M. Legenbauer, M. de Zwaan and B. Mühlhans report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0163-8343(09)00175-3

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.09.001

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 132-140 , March 2010