Binge Eating Disorder: How to Diagnose & Treat?
FEEDING & EATING DISORDER:
BINGE EATING DISORDER
Lifetime prevalence estimates of DSM-IV anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are .9%, 1.5%, and 3.5% among women, and .3% .5%, and 2.0% among men (1). Binge eating disorder is the most prevalent eating disorder and hence is important to have the knowledge on how to diagnose & treat this condition.
Psychotherapy is considered the first-line treatment for binge eating disorder, and pharmacotherapy should be considered as an add-on to psychotherapy.
Psychiatry education forum academy will discuss the diagnosis & treatment of binge eating disorder in the following two chapters:
(1) Binge Eating Disorder: How to Diagnose?
This chapter contains 10 min video discussion on how to diagnose the binge-eating disorder.
Here is the summary slide of this discussion:
(2) Binge Eating Disorder Treatment: 21 Medication Options
This chapter contains 40 min video discussion on both FDA approved and off-label treatment options for treatment of binge eating disorder.
We will discuss 21 medication options and each medication will be discussed in terms of
- Available published studies
- Mean effective dose
- Duration of treatment
- Mean weight loss or BMI change
- Effects on binge eating days or frequency
Example: Role of Fluoxetine for Binge Eating Disorder:
References:
- Hudson JI, Hiripi E, Pope HG Jr, Kessler RC. The prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Feb 1;61(3):348-58. (PMID: 16815322)
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