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- Title
Mindfulness-Action Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for concurrent Binge Eating Disorder and Substance Use Disorders.
- Authors
Courbasson, Christine M; Nishikawa, Yasunori; Shapira, Leah B
- Abstract
Individuals with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) often evidence comorbid Substance Use Disorders (SUD), resulting in poor outcome. This study is the first to examine treatment outcome for this concurrent disordered population. In this pilot study, 38 individuals diagnosed with BED and SUD participated in a 16-week group Mindfulness-Action Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MACBT). Participants significantly improved on measures of objective binge eating episodes; disordered eating attitudes; alcohol and drug addiction severity; and depression. Taken together, MACBT appears to hold promise in treating individuals with co-existing BED-SUD.
- Publication
Eating disorders, 2011, Vol 19, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
1532-530X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/10640266.2011.533603