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| Melissa KalarchianSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Optimizing long-term weight control after bariatric surgery: a pilot studyMelissa A Kalarchian
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 8:710-5. 2012....- Impact of addressing reasons for weight loss on behavioral weight-control outcomeMelissa A Kalarchian
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Am J Prev Med 40:18-24. 2011..One way to improve weight control may be to place greater emphasis on the main reasons why individuals want to lose weight... 
Psychiatric disorders among bariatric surgery candidates: relationship to obesity and functional health statusMelissa A Kalarchian
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:328-34; quiz 374. 2007..The present study was designed to document psychiatric disorders among candidates for weight loss surgery and to examine the relationship of psychopathology to degree of obesity and functional health status...- Relationship of psychiatric disorders to 6-month outcomes after gastric bypassMelissa A Kalarchian
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 4:544-9. 2008..We sought to document the relationship of preoperative psychiatric disorders to the 6-month outcomes after gastric bypass... - Family-based treatment of severe pediatric obesity: randomized, controlled trialMelissa A Kalarchian
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Pediatrics 124:1060-8. 2009..We evaluated the efficacy of family-based, behavioral weight control in the management of severe pediatric obesity... - Temperament, mood, dietary restraint, and bulimic symptomatology in college womenRebecca Ringham
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Eat Behav 9:336-42. 2008..Future empirical studies are needed to clarify relationships between temperament and other risk factors for disordered eating... - Weight concerns, mood, and postpartum smoking relapseMichele D Levine
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:345-51. 2010..Evidence suggests that changes in depressive symptoms, perceived stress, and concerns about weight may relate to postpartum smoking relapse... - Bupropion and cognitive behavioral therapy for weight-concerned women smokersMichele D Levine
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:543-50. 2010..However, the efficacy of combining CONCERNS with cessation medication is unknown. We sought to determine if the combination of CONCERNS and bupropion therapy would enhance abstinence for weight-concerned women smokers... - Childhood maltreatment and psychiatric morbidity in bariatric surgery candidatesJennifer E Wildes
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Obes Surg 18:306-13. 2008..e., emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and emotional and physical neglect) and Axis I and II psychiatric disorders in patients presenting for bariatric surgery... - Weight gain prevention among womenMichele D Levine
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1267-77. 2007.... - Binge eating in children and adolescentsMarsha D Marcus
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Int J Eat Disord 34:S47-57. 2003..We emphasize the need for prospective studies on the relationships among aberrant eating, weight and mood, and the inclusion of boys and girls of different ethnicities... - Behavioral treatment of obesity in patients taking antipsychotic medicationsMelissa A Kalarchian
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1058-63. 2005..Thus we sought to evaluate the potential utility of a behavioral weight control program for this population... - Overeating among seriously overweight children seeking treatment: results of the children's eating disorder examinationMichele D Levine
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:135-40. 2006.... - Weight concerns affect motivation to remain abstinent from smoking postpartumMichele D Levine
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
Ann Behav Med 32:147-53. 2006..Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy, most resume smoking postpartum. One factor that may be important in postpartum relapse is a pregnant woman's motivation to remain abstinent after delivery... - History of smoking and postcessation weight gain among weight loss surgery candidatesMichele D Levine
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 United States
Addict Behav 32:2365-71. 2007..Because patients often receive recommendations to quit smoking and lose weight prior to surgery, additional information on the impact of presurgical smoking cessation on long-tem weight control in this population is needed... - Binge eating among gastric bypass patients at long-term follow-upMelissa A Kalarchian
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Obes Surg 12:270-5. 2002..A second objective was to examine the relationship of postoperative binge eating to surgery outcome... 
Physical activity and physical function in individuals post-bariatric surgeryDeborah A Josbeno
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Obes Surg 21:1243-9. 2011..This study characterized the physical activity profile and physical function of 40 subjects 2-5 years post-bariatric surgery and examined the association between physical activity, physical function, and weight loss after surgery...- A family history study of binge-eating disorderLisa R R Lilenfeld
Clinical Psychology Program, Argosy University, Washington, DC 22209, USA
Compr Psychiatry 49:247-54. 2008..Thus, BED and substance use disorder may share a common mechanism of familial transmission among women... - Evaluating binge eating disorder in children: development of the children's binge eating disorder scale (C-BEDS)Jennifer R Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:82-9. 2007..The purpose of this study was to develop a brief, simple, structured, interviewer-administered scale (C-BEDS) to measure BED in children according to the provisional criteria and to compare diagnostic results with SCID diagnoses...
Research Grants
- Optimizing Lifestyle Adjustment in Weight Loss SurgeryMelissa Kalarchian; Fiscal Year: 2006..Future work may focus on adding adjunctive treatment components such as weight loss medication, the effects of which have not been adequately studied in bariatric surgery patients. ..
- Behavioral Intervention for Weight Loss Failure After Bariatric SurgeryMelissa Kalarchian; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Preoperative Lifestyle Intervention in Bariatric SurgeryMelissa Kalarchian; Fiscal Year: 2009..Study results will have a direct and immediate impact on current efforts to develop evidence-based best practices in bariatric surgery. ..
- Preoperative Lifestyle Intervention in Bariatric SurgeryMelissa A Kalarchian; Fiscal Year: 2010..Study results will have a direct and immediate impact on current efforts to develop evidence-based best practices in bariatric surgery. ..