Book Review: The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating. A Proven Programto Break the Cycle of Bingeing and Out-of-Control Eating

摘要

Cognitive behavior treatment (CBT) and Dialectal behavior therapy (DBT) have been thegold standard treatment for binge eating disorders. However, patients with dysregulatedaffect respond better to DBT, which is usually offered by psychologists and also by somepsychiatrists properly trained in DBT. Most patients with binge eating disorders cannotafford the high cost of this service when offered by a psychologist. Furthermore,psychologists and psychiatrist who are well trained in DBT practice work mainly in urbancenters in big cities and usually have long waiting lists. In other words, the high costand the lack of availability of this treatment modality outside urban centers in bigcities resulted in the service not being available for patients who need it themost.