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Control of Eating Behavior Using a Novel Feedback System
Published on: May 8, 2018
Dialectical behavior therapy for binge eating disorder
C F Telch1, W S Agras, M M Linehan
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5722, USA.
Abstract:
This study evaluated the use of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adapted for binge eating disorder (BED). Women with BED (N = 44) were randomly assigned to group DBT or to a wait-list control condition and were administered the Eating Disorder Examination in addition to measures of weight, mood, and affect regulation at baseline and posttreatment. Treated women evidenced significant improvement on measures of binge eating and eating pathology compared with controls, and 89% of the women receiving DBT had stopped binge eating by the end of treatment. Abstinence rates were reduced to 56% at the 6-month follow-up. Overall, the findings on the measures of weight, mood, and affect regulation were not significant. These results support further research into DBT as a treatment for BED.
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