Considerações acerca da avaliação psicológica das comorbidades psiquiátricas em obesos

Abstract

We intend in this article to present a theoretical review about psychological assessment, obesity and psychiatric co morbidity. Obesity is a clinical illness, it has multi factorial causes, and nowadays it is considered an epidemic, so the right knowledge must involve all health professional, include the psychologist. In this article we talk about something related to obesity, like etiology, prevalence, obesity and mental disorder. We suggest some instruments to structure essential information related to the treatment and the obese patient objective, and we reflect about psychological assessment in obesity and the psychologist professional practice.