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A randomised controlled comparison of second-level treatment approaches for treatment-resistant adults with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder: assessing the benefits of virtual reality cue exposure therapy

Ferrer‐García, Marta, Gutiérrez‐Maldonado, José, Pla‐Sanjuanelo, Joana, Vilalta‐Abella, Ferran, Riva, Giuseppe, Clerici, Massimo, Ribas‐Sabaté, Joan, Andreu‐Gracia, Alexis +8 more·2017·European Eating Disorders Review

Abstract

A question that arises from the literature on therapy is whether second-level treatment is effective for patients with recurrent binge eating who fail first-level treatment. It has been shown that subjects who do not stop binge eating after an initial structured cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) programme benefit from additional CBT (A-CBT) sessions; however, it has been suggested that these resistant patients would benefit even more from cue exposure therapy (CET) targeting features associated with poor response (e.g. urge to binge in response to a cue and anxiety experienced in the presence of binge-related cues). We assessed the effectiveness of virtual reality-CET as a second-level treatment strategy for 64 patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder who had been treated with limited results after using a structured CBT programme, in comparison with A-CBT. The significant differences observed between the two groups at post-treatment in dimensional (behavioural and attitudinal features, anxiety, food craving) and categorical (abstinence rates) outcomes highlighted the superiority of virtual reality-CET over A-CBT. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

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Ferrer‐García, M., Gutiérrez‐Maldonado, J., Pla‐Sanjuanelo, J., Vilalta‐Abella, F., Riva, G., Clerici, M., Ribas‐Sabaté, J., Andreu‐Gracia, A., Fernandez‐Aranda, F., Forcano, L., Riesco, N., Sánchez, I., Escandón‐Nagel, N., Gomez‐Tricio, O., Tena, V., & Dakanalis, A.
Affiliations
  • Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
  • IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IT)
  • University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
  • Hospital Universitari d'Igualada (ES)
  • Department of Psychiatry University Hospital of Bellvitge‐IDIBELL and CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN)‐ISCIII Spain
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
  • Universidad Católica de Temuco (CL)
  • Department of Psychiatry University Hospital Joan XXIII Spain
  • Centro ABB Tarragona Spain
  • University of Pavia (IT)
Corresponding author
Gutiérrez‐Maldonado, José
Venue
European Eating Disorders Review
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2017-08-14
Volume
25
Issue
6
Pages
479-490
ISSN
  • 1072-4133 (ISSN-L)
  • 1099-0968
OpenAlex
W2747137660
Cited by
142
References
79
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
27.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Eating Disorders Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
  • Repositorio Académico de la Universidad Católica de Temuco (Universidad Católica de Temuco) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PSI2011‐28801)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, treatment-resistant eating disorders, food cravings, abstinence rates, anxiety
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Cues, Female, Humans, Male, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder, Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy, Craving

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