Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders State of the Research and Future Directions

This book explores the application of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in treating eating disorders (EDs), highlighting its theoretical and clinical significance alongside emerging empirical support, theoretical and clinical relevance, as well as burgeoning empirical support, for the treatment of EDs.
Originally developed for patients with borderline personality disorder, DBT recognizes that maladaptive, impulsive behaviors often arise from attempts to manage intense emotions and focuses on cultivating adaptive skills for better emotional self- regulation. With robust evidence linking emotion regulation difficulties to eating disorder symptoms, research increasingly supports DBT’s effectiveness for conditions such as bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. The contributors to this volume are experts in the field who have decades of clinical and research experience in DBT and eating disorders and they delve into the nuances of adapting DBT for patients with complex presentations and comorbid conditions, reflecting the latest advancements in this vital area of therapy.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention.

CONTENTS

1. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders: State of the Research and New Directions

Tiffany A. Brown, Lucene Wisniewski and Leslie K. Anderson

2. Dialectical behavioral therapy: an update and review of the existing treatment models adapted for adults with eating disorders

Denise Ben-Porath, Florencia Duthu, Tana Luo, Fragiskos Gonidakis, Emilio J. Compte and Lucene Wisniewski

3. Dialectical behavioral therapy for the treatment of adolescent eating disorders: a review of existing work and proposed future directions

Erin E. Reilly, Natalia C. Orloff, Tana Luo, Laura A. Berner, Tiffany A. Brown, Kimberly Claudat, Walter H. Kaye and Leslie K. Anderson

4. Correlates of co-occurring eating disorders and substance use disorders: a case for dialectical behavior therapy

Kimberly Claudat, Tiffany A. Brown, Leslie Anderson, Gina Bongiorno, Laura A. Berner, Erin Reilly, Tana Luo, Natalia Orloff and Walter H. Kaye

5. Self-criticism longitudinally predicts nonsuicidal self-injury in eating disorders

Natalie M. Perkins, Shelby N. Ortiz and April R. Smith

6. Outpatient treatment for adults with complex eating disorders and co-morbid conditions: a decision making model and case example

Joanna Marino, Rebecca Hardin, Alexandra Gasbarro, Victoria A Dansereau and Sarah Fischer

7. Acceptance-based skill acquisition and cognitive reappraisal in a culturally responsive treatment for binge eating in adolescence

Rebecca C. Kamody, Idia B. Thurston and E. Thomaseo Burton

8. Dialectical behavior therapy guided self-help for binge-eating disorder

Therese E. Kenny, Jacqueline C. Carter and Debra L. Safer