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Cue exposure to food plus response prevention of binges for bulimia: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Schmidt Ulrike,
Marks Isaac
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198809)7:5<663::aid-eat2260070510>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - temptation , psychology , binge eating , session (web analytics) , multiple baseline design , medicine , clinical psychology , eating disorders , psychiatry , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , world wide web , computer science
In a single‐case multiple‐baseline design, 4 chronic bulimics had 12 sessions (3 per week) of therapist‐aided cue exposure to food while resisting the temptation to binge that ensued. Two patients improved markedly during treatment. A third patient improved mainly after, not during, treatment. The fourth patient had a strong within‐session response decrement, and showed some improvement by session 9, but then dropped out. These preliminary results warrant a larger controlled trial of cue exposure and response prevention of binging as an adjuvant in the management of bulimia.