Behavioral weight-loss treatment plus motivational interviewing versus attention control: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Studies evaluating the benefit of adding motivational interviewing (MI) to behavioral weight-loss programs (BWLPs) have yielded mixed findings.

Methods: The aims of this randomized controlled trial were to: (1) assess the efficacy of adding MI to a BWLP on weight loss and adherence among 135 individuals with overweight and obesity (77.8% female; mean BMI = 33.

An experimental investigation of recruitment bias in eating pathology research.

Unlabelled: Previous, uncontrolled research has suggested a bias may exist in recruiting participants for eating disorder research. Recruitment biases may affect sample representativeness and generalizability of findings.

Objective: This experiment investigated whether revealing that a study's topic was related to eating disorders created a self-selection bias.

An open-label study of the effects of bupropion SR on fatigue, depression and quality of life of mixed-site cancer patients and their partners.

This preliminary study investigated whether bupropion sustained release (SR) improved symptomatic fatigue, depression and quality of life in cancer patients and caregiver quality of life. The sample consisted of a prospective open case series of 21 cancer patients, with fatigue and with or without depression at moderate to severe levels, referred for psychiatric assessment from a tertiary care cancer centre. Both patient symptom ratings and caregiver ratings were measured before and after 4 weeks of treatment with the maximally tolerated dose of bupropion in the range of 100-300 mg per day.