Skills training treatment for adaptive affect regulation in a woman with binge-eating disorder

Int J Eat Disord. 1997 Jul;22(1):77-81. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199707)22:1<77::aid-eat10>3.0.co;2-f.

Abstract

This case study describes a skills training treatment for binge eating which focused on teaching adaptive affect regulation. A 36-year-old obese woman with a long history of severe binge eating received individual treatment specifically aimed at enhancing her emotion regulation abilities. By treatment end she no longer met criteria for binge eating disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological*
  • Adult
  • Affective Symptoms / psychology
  • Affective Symptoms / therapy*
  • Behavior Therapy / methods*
  • Bulimia / psychology
  • Bulimia / therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperphagia / psychology
  • Hyperphagia / therapy*
  • Internal-External Control
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Obesity / psychology
  • Obesity / therapy*
  • Personality Assessment