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Treatment
Study for women
with Binge-Eating Disorder
The University of Chicago is conducting a National Institute of Health funded study to evaluate outpatient treatments for women with binge-eating disorder. This study is a good match for you if you are:
- 18 years to 60 years
- Female
- Meet criteria for binge eating disorder
- Are prepared to participate in assessments and up to 28 weeks of
cost-free outpatient psychotherapy
Aims of the Project
Binge-Eating Disorder is a
significant
public health problem for women. Despite this, there is limited
research on how
best to treat this disorder at varying levels of severity. The purpose
of the
present study is to enrol individuals in a less-intense treatment and
if more
intense treatment is needed, assign individuals by chance to either
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy or Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Procedures
Once the study has been
explained to you on the telephone screen, you will be asked if you want
to
continue participating. If so, you will complete an in-person
assessment to
work out if this study is a good match. If this study is a good match
you will
have another in-person assessment that also includes laboratory tasks,
heart
rate and skin conductance assessment, and a small sample of your blood
and
saliva.
Treatments
All individuals will receive
4-weeks of a less intense treatment. If you need more treatment, you
stand an
equal chance of being randomized (a process similar to flipping a coin)
to
Dialectical Behavior Therapy or Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. Both of
these
psychotherapies have been used successfully with individuals with
Binge-Eating
Disorder.
Dialectical
Behavior Therapy: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
teaches
mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal
effectiveness skills as a means to manage emotions.
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: Cognitive-Behavior Therapy teaches behavioral and
cognitive strategies to address binge-eating.
More Information
If you are interested and would like more information, please contact our Participant Coordinator at 773-834-9120.
Investigator
Eunice Chen, Ph.D., of the Eating and Weight Disorders Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Chicago.
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