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Modification of Binge Eating in Anorexia Nervosa: A Single Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

G. R. Smith  and
L. Medlik
G. R. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1
L. Medlik
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent
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Exposure and response prevention has recently been reported as a successful treatment for binge eating in obesity (Smith, 1981). This present paper further extends this treatment to modification of binge eating in a single case study of a young anorexic woman. Binge eating decreased during treatment and this improvement was maintained at 9 months follow-up. Satisfactory weight was also attained during treatment and maintained at follow-up.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , July 1983 , pp. 249 - 256
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1983

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