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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy added to usual care improves eating behaviors in patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder by decreasing the cognitive load of words related to body shape, weight, and food.

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Abstract
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This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) as a complementary approach in patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) or binge eating disorder (BED), and to assess how the reduction of the cognitive load of words related to eating disorders (ED) could constitute an intermediate factor explaining its global efficacy.

Year of Publication
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2021
Journal
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European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists
Volume
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64
Issue
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1
Number of Pages
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e67
Date Published
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2021
ISSN Number
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0924-9338
URL
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821022422/type/journal_article
DOI
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10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2242
Short Title
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Eur Psychiatry
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