In this chapter we will deal with four issues: the culture of poverty, the ethos of American psychiatry, the financial underwriting of mental-health services, and some characteristics of these services, especially in poverty areas. (59 pp.)
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The main hope for control of obesity lies in a better understanding of the factors that regulate body weight. (57 pp.)
Obesity: revisited
A very large effort has been expended in the development of behavioral therapies for obesity, making these measures the treatment of choice for mild and perhaps also moderate obesity, as well as providing a useful model for psychotherapy research. But the main hope for the control of obesity lies in a better understanding of the factors that regulate body weight. (63 pp.)
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