Long-term efficacy of psychological treatments for binge eating disorder.

Background: The long-term efficacy of psychological treatments for binge eating disorder remains largely unknown.

Aims: To examine the long-term efficacy of out-patient group cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for binge eating disorder and to analyse predictors of long-term non-response.

Method: Ninety people with binge eating disorder were assessed 4 years after treatment cessation within a randomised trial (trial registration: NCT01208272).

An eating disorder-specific model of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-ED): causal pathways and treatment implications.

Several studies support the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in the treatment of eating disorders. Treatment outcomes are likely to be augmented through a greater understanding, and hence treatment targeting, of the mechanisms whereby IPT induces therapeutic gains. To this end, the present paper seeks to develop a theoretical model of IPT in the context of eating disorders (IPT-ED).

Classification of eating disorders: toward DSM-V.

Objective: A goal of the DSM-IV revision is to increase clinical and research utility by improving diagnostic validity through reliance on empirical evidence. Currently defined eating disorder (ED) categories have limited validity and require refinement based on data.

Method: The available scientific evidence is considered in evaluating the current ED nosology.