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Dialectical behavior therapy for binge‐eating disorder
Author(s) -
Wiser Susan,
Telch Christy F.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199906)55:6<755::aid-jclp8>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - dialectical behavior therapy , dieting , binge eating , psychology , binge eating disorder , psychotherapist , interpersonal psychotherapy , population , interpersonal communication , clinical psychology , affect (linguistics) , eating disorders , bulimia nervosa , developmental psychology , borderline personality disorder , obesity , weight loss , social psychology , medicine , randomized controlled trial , surgery , environmental health , communication
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. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 55: 755–768, 1999.