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Combining Digital Cognitive-behavior Therapy With Mindfulness Training for Binge Eating Disorder
Combining Digital Cognitive-behavior Therapy With Mindfulness Training for Binge Eating Disorder: a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
About This Trial
The investigators will evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a 16-session digital mindfulness-based and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention for binge eating disorder (BED) + coached self-monitoring vs. a coached self-monitoring intervention. This study is a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)
Who May Qualify:
- age 18 years or older
- ability to speak English fluently
- meeting DSM-5 criteria for current BED (i.e., in the past three months)
- willing and able to commit to the entire study protocol
Who Should NOT Join This Trial:
- a BMI below 18.5
- requiring immediate treatment for medical complications
- having current anorexia or bulimia nervosa or purging behaviors within the past year
- being pregnant or breast-feeding
- experiencing other severe psychopathology or medical illness that would limit the participants' ability to comply with the demands of the current study (e.g. active suicidal risk, active psychotic disorder, unmedicated bipolar disorder, severe substance use disorder, cancer)
- currently receiving BED or weight loss treatment (treatment for other conditions will be allowed, as long as the treatment is not mindfulness-based)
- currently taking medications for weight loss, or beginning medications that affect eating/weight within the last six months.
Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.
Original Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:
* age 18 years or older
* ability to speak English fluently
* meeting DSM-5 criteria for current BED (i.e., in the past three months)
* willing and able to commit to the entire study protocol
Exclusion Criteria:
* a BMI below 18.5
* requiring immediate treatment for medical complications
* having current anorexia or bulimia nervosa or purging behaviors within the past year
* being pregnant or breast-feeding
* experiencing other severe psychopathology or medical illness that would limit the participants' ability to comply with the demands of the current study (e.g. active suicidal risk, active psychotic disorder, unmedicated bipolar disorder, severe substance use disorder, cancer)
* currently receiving BED or weight loss treatment (treatment for other conditions will be allowed, as long as the treatment is not mindfulness-based)
* currently taking medications for weight loss, or beginning medications that affect eating/weight within the last six months.
Treatments Being Tested
BEHAVIORAL
CBT-based Mindful Courage
Self-guided online intervention
BEHAVIORAL
Coached Self-Monitoring
Participants will log meals in recovery record
Locations (1)
Yeshiva University
The Bronx, New York, United States