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A randomized controlled comparison of guided self-help cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral weight loss for binge eating disorder
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We performed a randomized controlled study to test the relative efficacy of guided self-help (gsh) cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBTgsh) and behavioral weight loss treatment (BWLgsh) treatments for binge eating disorder (BED). To provide an additional partial control for non-specific influences of attention, a third control (CON) treatment condition was included. We tested the treatments using a guided self-help approach given the promising results from initial studies using minimal therapist guidance. Ninety consecutive overweight patients (19 males, 71 females) with BED were randomly assigned (5:5:2 ratio) to one of three treatments: CBTgsh (N=37), BWLgsh (N=38), or CON (N=15). The three 12-week treatment conditions were administered individually following guided self-help protocols. Overall, 70 (78%) completed treatments; CBTgsh (87%) and CON (87%) had significantly higher completion rates than BWLgsh (67%). Intent-to-treat analyses revealed that CBTgsh had significantly higher remission rates (46%) than either BWLgsh (18%) or CON (13%). Weight loss was minimal and differed little across treatments. The findings suggest that CBT, administered via guided self-help, demonstrates efficacy for BED, but not for obesity. The findings support CBT administered via guided self-help as a first step in the treatment of BED and provide evidence for its specific effects.
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“CBT guided self-help treatment showed better remission rates compared to behavioral weight loss treatment and control conditions [20].”
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“This percentage is comparable to the percentage of abstinence observed with guided self-help books for BED with the less stringent criterion of no binge eating episodes for the last 28 days [19, 20].”
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- Authors
- Grilo, C. M., & Masheb, R. M.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Grilo, Carlos M.
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-11
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1509-1525
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2070229588
- Cited by
- 199
- References
- 55
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- FWCI
- 11.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Patrick and Catherine Weldon Donaghue Medical Research Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- binge eating disorder, guided self-help, cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral weight loss, obesity, treatment completion, remission, weight loss, non-specific treatment effects
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Therapy, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Hyperphagia, Male, Middle Aged, Psychotherapy, Group, Self-Help Groups, Weight Loss, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Case-Control Studies
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