Psychotherapy for binge eating disorder

Myra Altman, Denise E. Wilfley, Juliette M. Iacovino, Heather L. Waldron, Dana M. Gredysa

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Abstract

BED is associated with significant functional impairment (Rieger et al. 2005), but prognosis is good with appropriate therapeutic intervention. Specialist treatments for BED, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), which directly address binge eating and related psychopathology, are associated with robust short- and long-term binge abstinence rates. CBT and IPT have been found to produce superior outcomes as compared to pharmacotherapy (Devlin et al. 2005), and generalist treatments such as behavioral weight loss (BWL) (Grilo et al. 2011; Wilson et al. 2010) and supportive psychotherapy (Kenardy et al. 2002).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA Clinician’s Guide to Binge Eating Disorder
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages137-160
Number of pages24
ISBN (Electronic)9781135068585
ISBN (Print)9780415527170
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2013

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