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January 06, 2010
Talk therapy superior to behavioral weight-loss program for binge eating.
The Los Angeles Times (1/4, Healy) "Booster Shots" blog reported that, according to a study published in the Jan. issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, "binge eaters who get a specialized form of talk therapy aimed at reducing their bingeing behavior are more likely than those who participate in a weight-loss program to shed their eating disorder two years after treatment."
After comparing "interpersonal therapy, a form of cognitive behavioral therapy described as 'guided self-help,' and a behavioral weight-loss program against each other for 24 weeks," researchers found that "all three appeared to have roughly equal success in reducing...psychological symptoms of binge eating disorder." But, two years after treatment, "the two forms of talk therapy appeared far superior to the behavioral weight-loss program in maintaining a remission of binge-eating symptoms."
Related Links:
- For obese binge eaters, good news and bad news," Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2010.
Posted by admin at January 6, 2010 09:33 PM