title: Psychological and Behavioral Treatments for Binge-Eating Disorder.
abstract: Several psychological and behavioral treatment options exist for patients who have been diagnosed with binge-eating disorder (BED). Cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy are the most strongly supported interventions for BED, but they do not produce weight loss; behavioral weight loss therapy, a more widely available "generalist" intervention, achieves good outcomes for BED plus produces modest weight loss over the short-term. Relatively little is known about reliable predictors or moderators of treatment outcomes, but research has generally supported 2 significant predictors: (1) the presence of overvaluation of body shape and weight and (2) the occurrence of rapid response to treatment. Clinicians should train to provide patients with evidence-supported psychological and behavioral treatments and follow these intervention protocols faithfully to increase the chances of good outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Carlos Grilo, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine, 301 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06519. carlos.grilo@yale.edu.|Department of Psychiatry and the Program for Obesity, Weight and Eating Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Grilo
mesh_terms: D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001828:Body Image; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss