A pilot study of Body Image Perceptions, and Attitudes Toward Obesity in hospitalized psychotic and non-psychotic patients

• Published in: Asian journal of psychiatry Vol. 26; pp. 8 - 12
• Main Authors: Hassamal, Sameer, Trutia, Alexandru, Dalkilic, Alican, Pandurangi, Ananda K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-04-2017
• Subjects: Adult; Attitude to Health; Attitudes Toward Obesity; Body dissatisfaction; Body image; Body Image - psychology; Body Weight; Depression; Female; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders - psychology; Obesity; Obesity - psychology; Pilot Projects; Psychiatry; Psychosis; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Self Concept; Serious Mental Illness; Weight loss; Weight management; Psychosis; Body Image; Obesity; Body Dissatisfaction; Weight loss; Weight management; Attitudes Toward Obesity; Body image; Body dissatisfaction; Serious Mental Illness; Depression
• ISSN: 1876-2018; 1876-2026
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2016.12.014

Highlights • Weight management is influenced by body image perceptions and explicit obesity attitudes. • Self and ideal body image perceptions, as well as explicit obesity attitudes were examined in an inpatient psychiatric population. • The presence of a psychotic episode did not distort body perceptions, and obesity attitudes. • Depressed patients had more negative obesity attitudes compared to non-depressed patients. • Analogous to the general population, females with SMI overassessed their body size, and experienced greater body discrepancy and dissatisfaction compared to males with SMI.