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Section 4 - Adapting Mindfulness- and Compassion-Based Therapies for Severe Obesity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2018

Stephanie Cassin
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Ryerson University, Toronto
Raed Hawa
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University of Toronto
Sanjeev Sockalingam
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University of Toronto
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Psychological Care in Severe Obesity
A Practical and Integrated Approach
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Print publication year: 2018

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Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

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