Psychological treatments of binge eating disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is an effective specialty treatment for binge eating disorder (BED). Behavioral weight loss treatment (BWL) and guided self-help based on cognitive behavior therapy (CBTgsh) have both resulted in short-term reductions in binge eating in obese patients with BED.

Objective

To test whether patients with BED require specialty therapy beyond BWL and whether IPT is more effective than either BWL or CBTgsh in patients with a high negative affect during a 2-year follow-up.

Design

Randomized, active control efficacy trial.

Setting

University outpatient clinics.

Participants

Two hundred five women and men with a body mass index between 27 and 45 who met DSM-IV criteria for BED. Intervention Twenty sessions of IPT or BWL or

SUBMITTER: Wilson GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3757519 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature