Eating disorders are psychiatric conditions originated from and perpetuated by individual, family and sociocultural factors. The psychosocial approach to treatment and prevention of relapse is crucial. To present an overview of the scientific evidence on effectiveness of psychosocial interventions in treatment of eating disorders. All systematic reviews published by the Cochrane Database of Sys...

BACKGROUND DSM-5 revisions have been criticized in the popular press for overpathologizing normative eating patterns-particularly among individuals with obesity. To evaluate the evidence for this and other DSM-5 critiques, we compared the point prevalence and interrater reliability of DSM-IV versus DSM-5 eating disorders (EDs) among adults seeking weight-loss treatment. METHOD Clinicians (n =...

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, 20-45 yaş aralığındaki bireylerin beslenme durumlarının, duygusal yeme, gece yeme ve uyku kalitesi üzerindeki etkilerinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Çalışmaya arası 378 birey dahil edilmiştir. Bireylerin durumları geriye dönük bireysel besin tüketimi hatırlatma yöntemi ile yemek fotoğrafları kataloğundan yararlanılarak elde edilmiştir antropometrik ölçümleri alınmı...

OBJECTIVE Night eating syndrome (NES) has become increasingly recognized as a disorder in need of effective treatments. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have shown efficacy in previous trials, so we sought to expand our understanding of the efficacy of escitalopram in the current trial. METHOD Thirty-one adults with NES participated in a 12-week open-label trial of escitalopram. Outcom...

The goal of this study was to translate and adapt the Night Eating Questionnaire to Portuguese and assess the reliability of the Portuguese-language version. The study included two phases. The first consisted of: (1) translation into Portuguese; (2) back-translation into English; (3) correction and semantic adaptation; (4) content validation; and (5) assessment of the understanding of the quest...