Modern Obesity Treatments in Behavioral Health Care: Mechanisms, Monitoring & Clinical Considerations

This introductory presentation explores the complex and often underrecognized relationship between obesity and mental health, highlighting how conditions such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia both contribute to and are impacted by obesity.

We review the metabolic effects of commonly used psychotropic medications and provide practical strategies to minimize weight gain through thoughtful medication selection and interdisciplinary care.

The session also emphasizes evidence-based lifestyle and behavioral approaches, grounded in the biological and psychological r...Read moreealities patients face. In addition, participants are presented with an overview of modern obesity treatments, including pharmacotherapy, with a focus on mechanisms, side effects, and considerations specific to behavioral health practice. Clinicians leave with immediately applicable tools to support obese patients more effectively.

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Learning Objectives

Describe the bidirectional relationship between obesity & mental health, including ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, & schizophrenia
Recognize weight-promoting psychotropic medications and strategies to minimize metabolic impact through medication selection and interdisciplinary care.
Apply evidence-based lifestyle and behavioral strategies with an appreciation of the biological and psychological realities faced by patients living with obesity.
Understand modern obesity medications, including mechanisms, side-effect profiles, and considerations relevant to behavioral health practice.

Target Audience

Mental health professionals

Learning Levels

Beginner

Friday, June 05, 2026

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08:00 AM EDT - 09:30 AM EDT

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About the speaker

Richele L. Corrado, DO, MPH, FACP, DABOM

Richele Corrado, a former Navy physician, is a board-certified Internist, Obesity Medicine Specialist, and Medical Director at Revolution Medicine, Health & Fitness. She is the former Director of the Comprehensive Weight Management Program and Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. She has been instrumental in expanding education and access to treatment within the Department of Defense (DOD), including advocating for active-duty service members' access to obesity medications. She co-led the 2025 VA/DOD Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline update and serves as co-chair of The Obesity Society's Policy and Advocacy Committee as well as the co-chair of the Obesity Medicine Association Obesity Algorithm Workgroup. She has delivered over 50 regional, national, and international presentations and developed obesity and leadership curricula for providers and trainees nationwide. Her work has earned numerous accolades, including Walter Reed’s 2023 Department of Medicine Civilian Provider of the Year, Associate Master Clinician, Walter Reed's 2022 Graduate Medical Education Faculty Mentor of the Year, and Walter Reed's IM residency program's Faculty Teacher of the Year in 2024. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University where she teaches medicine and nursing students about obesity, and she is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.

Agenda

8:00 – 8:10 AM

• Introduction & objectives

• Framing obesity as a chronic disease

8:10 – 8:25 AM

• Bidirectional relationship: obesity & mental health

• ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia

8:25 – 8:40 AM

• Psychotropic medications & weight gain

• Strategies to minimize metabolic impact

8:40 – 8:55 AM

• Lifestyle & behavioral strategies

• Biological and psychological considerations

8:55 – 9:20 AM

• Obesity medications

• Mechanisms, side effects, and behavioral health considerations

9:20 – 9:30 AM

• Q&A

CE Information - Earn 1.5 CE Credit Hours

CE Approvals

American Psychological Association

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NYS Board for Psychology - Sponsored by The Ross Center

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NYS Board for Social Work - Sponsored by The Ross Center

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