Breaking the cycle: a pilot study on autonomous Digital CBTe for recurrent binge eating.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only a minority of people with eating disorders receive evidence-based psychological treatment. This is especially true for those with recurrent binge eating because the shame that accompanies binge eating affects help seeking and there is a shortage of therapists to provide psychological treatments. Digital programme-led interventions have the potential to overcome both barriers.

Objective

This study examined the acceptability and effectiveness of a new digital programme-led intervention directly based on enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E), which is an empirically supported psychological treatment for eating disorders.

Methods

One hundred and ten adults with recurrent binge eating (self-reporting characteristics consistent with binge eating disor

SUBMITTER: Murphy R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782557 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature