To become a licensed Psychologist in Indiana you are required to have a doctoral degree in psychology or a closely related subject such as educational psychology, this must be from an accredited or approved school.
But in general, over five million Americans have an underactive thyroid that puts them at an increased risk for obesity. While hypothyroidism is hardly uncommon and is easy to treat, because it is often difficult to detect when symptoms first begin, it can be problematic.
The opposite is hypothyroidism, when the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone. Graves' disease is the cause of about 50% to 80% of case of hyperthyroidism in the United States. Other causes include multinodular goiter, toxic adenoma, inflammation of the thyroid, eating too much iodine, and too much synthetic thyroid hormone. A less common cause is a pituitary adenoma.