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Megan Hood, PhD

Megan Hood, PhD
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Specialty:
  • Psychology, Clinical
Medical or Graduate Education: Saint Louis University
Internship: Rush University Medical Center - Clinical and Health Psychology
Residency: Rush University Medical Center - Clinical and Health Psychology
Clinical Expertise:
  • Adjustment to chronic illness
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Body dysmorphic disorder
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Depressive disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • Mental health, women
  • Mood disorders
  • Phobias
  • Psychological assessment, bariatric surgery patients
  • Psychotherapy
  • Sleep disorders
  • Stress management
  • Stress-related disorders
  • Weight management
  • Women's health
Research Interests:
  • Obesity and eating behaviors
  • Weight loss interventions
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Weight and sleep
  • Stress reduction
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Below is a list of scientific publications for which this practitioner was either the primary author or a contributor. Citations come from PubMed, a database of biomedical literature, life science journals and online books. PubMed is a service of the US Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Click on the title of the cited work for more information (this will take you directly to PubMed.gov). Listings go back five years.

  1. Revisiting the Revised Master Questionnaire for the Psychological Evaluation of Bariatric Surgery Candidates.
    Corsica JA, Hood MM, Azarbad L, Ivan I.
    Obes Surg.
    2011 May 13
  2. Eating disorders in adolescence: when should prevention occur?
    Hood MM, Corsica JA.
    J Am Diet Assoc.
    2011 Jul
    111(7):1001-3
  3. Eating disorders in an obesogenic environment.
    Corsica JA, Hood MM.
    J Am Diet Assoc.
    2011 Jul
    111(7):996-1000
  4. Do Patients Seeking Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding Surgery Differ from Those Seeking Gastric Bypass Surgery? A Comparison of Psychological Profiles Across Ethnic Groups
    Hood MM, Corsica JA, Azarbad L
    Obes Surg
    2010 Jun 27
  5. The Personality Assessment Inventory: clinical utility, psychometric properties, and normative data for bariatric surgery candidates
    Corsica JA, Azarbad L, McGill K, Wool L, Hood M
    Obes Surg
    2010 Jun
    20(6):722-31
  6. A Survey of Psychological Assessment on Interdisciplinary Craniofacial Teams
    Hood M, Cradock M, Vander Wal J
    Cleft Palate Craniofac J
    2010 Jul 1
  7. Psychosocial correlates of binge eating in Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian women presenting for bariatric surgery
    Azarbad L, Corsica J, Hall B, Hood M
    Eat Behav
    2010 Apr
    11(2):79-84

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