title: Dialectical behavior therapy for Binge-Eating Disorder.
abstract: Binge-eating episodes have alternately been described as stemming from strict dieting behaviors driven by overvalued ideas of weight and shape, or as arising from problematic interpersonal experiences. A third way of conceptualizing an eating binge is as a maladaptive emotion-regulation strategy, suggesting that facilitating more adaptive and effective affect regulation capacities may be a useful treatment. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a treatment aimed at increasing emotion regulation skill, is currently being adapted for use with a binge-eating disorder population. Assumptions underlying the treatment, methods in treatment delivery, and goals of the treatment package are discussed. A pilot study currently underway of group DBT therapy for individuals with Binge-Eating Disorder is described.
authors.affiliation: Santa Clara University, CA 95053, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiser
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Telch
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001364:Awareness; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003142:Communication; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D019122:Meditation; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations