[Diet triggered depression as well as its treatment: a behaviorally oriented group therapy concept]

Preliminary results of a behavior-oriented therapeutic concept for adipose females, who can be called a risk group because of their psychic instability, are presented. 6 adipose females, who at the beginning of the therapy showed a partial endomorphic cyclothymic axial syndrome according to Berner, participated in group therapy. Half of the patients were additionally supported with antidepressants. The results show that those patients with additional medicamental treatment did profit far more from the therapeutic supply than did the others in all examined parameters: they were better motivated to stay with the group, became socially more competent, and lost more weight.