The overlap between anorexia nervosa (AN) and anxiety disorders has led to the development of anxiety-based etiological models of AN and anxiety-based interventions for AN, including exposure treatment. Family-based treatment (FBT) is an efficacious intervention for adolescents with AN; however, it has recently been proposed that FBT accomplishes parent-facilitated exposure and habituation to f...

The purpose of this study was to use empirical classification based on Latent Profile Analysis to identify subgroups of binge eating disorder (BED) and to evaluate the extent to which these subgroups were predictive of treatment outcome in group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, and Inventory of Depressive Sympto...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of comorbid eating and anxiety disorders in women presenting for inpatient and outpatient treatment of an eating disorder and women presenting for outpatient treatment of an anxiety disorder. METHODS The prevalence of comorbidity was investigated from a sample of 152 women, which included 100 women presenting for treatment of an eating disorder and 52 w...

Eating disorders are a serious concern in one’s health and a clinical challenge to dental professionals. Eating disorders are a group of psychopathological disorders affecting patient’s relationship with food and his/her own body, which is manifested by distorted or bizarre eating behavior. They include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not otherwise specified. Eating disord...

OBJECTIVE Assessment of disordered eating has uncertain validity across culturally diverse populations. This study evaluated Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) performance in an ethnic Fijian study population. METHOD The EDE-Q was translated, adapted, and administered to school-going Fijian adolescent females (N = 523). A subsample (n = 81) completed it again within approximate...

BACKGROUND Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are renowned for their poor short- and long-term treatment outcomes. To gain more insight into the reasons for these poor outcomes, the present study compared patients with AN-R (restrictive subtype), AN-BP (binge-purge subtype), bulimia nervosa (BN), and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) over 12 weeks of specialized eating disorde...

Binge eating occurs across the entire range of eating disorders. It is required for a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa but it is also seen in some cases of anorexia nervosa and in many cases of eating disorder not otherwise specified (usually referred to as eating disorder NOS or atypical eating disorder). This article focuses on the management of those eating disorders in which binge eating is a p...