Health Care : Current Reviews

CRT as a clinical tool in the treatment of obesity

4^th Global Summit on Healthcare

November 09-10, 2015 Dubai, UAE

Jayanthi Raman

University of Western Sydney, School of Medicine and Centre for Health Research, Australia

Keynote: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Objective: This symposium will introduce cognitive-remediation therapy (CRT-O) concepts for obesity and will provide an overview of required skills and techniques as applied to patients with obesity. In addition to didactic presentation, in-session exercises and role-playing will be used. Benefits of attending: CRT-O is a light hearted therapy where cognitive exercises are delivered in a motivational fashion that encourages reflective thinking (metacognition). It is based on the neuroplasticity theory of the brain and participants will learn to address real-life obesity related behaviours in their patients in novel ways, based on empirical findings in neurocognition and eating disorders.

Biography :

Jayanthi Raman is an experienced clinical psychologist from Sydney, Australia. Funded by a prestigious Fellowship from the NSW Institute of Psychiatry and a project grant from the Diabetes Australia Research Trust she has recently submitted her PhD thesis on the psychological and neuro-cognitive aspects of obesity. Her doctoral research has resulted in 2 original first-author publications so far in peer-reviewed journals. She has also contributed to a book chapter on cognitive remediation therapy in obesity. Further collaborations and joint publications are currently underway with international researchers based in UK and Scandinavia.

Email: js2009au@gmail.com