title: Skills training treatment for adaptive affect regulation in a woman with binge-eating disorder.
abstract: This case study describes a skills training treatment for binge eating which focused on teaching adaptive affect regulation. A 36-year-old obese woman with a long history of severe binge eating received individual treatment specifically aimed at enhancing her emotion regulation abilities. By treatment end she no longer met criteria for binge eating disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5542, USA.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Telch
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010552:Personality Assessment