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Eating disorders - Management
What specialist treatments are recommended for binge eating disorder?
- For people with binge eating disorder there is an apparently good short-term response to a range of psychological interventions including:
- Evidence-based self-help manuals.
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for binge eating disorder.
- Other psychological treatments (interpersonal psychotherapy for binge eating disorder and modified dialectical behaviour therapy).
- As an alternative, or additional first step to using an evidence-based self-help programme, a trial of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant may be given. The use of an SSRI can reduce binge eating, but the long-term effects are unknown.
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