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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 by L. Sala; P. Gorwood; C. Vindreau; P. Duriez is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Background: 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. ## Methods: Eighty-eight women and men participated in clinical assessments upon inscription, prior to and following 8-week group mbct. mindfulness skills were assessed using the five facet mindfulness questionnaire; eating behaviors were assessed using the three factor eating questionnaire (tfeq); comorbid pathologies were assessed using the beck depression index and the state-trait anxiety inventory. the cognitive load of words associated with ed was assessed through a modified version of the stroop color naming task. ## Results: Mindfulness skills improved significantly (p < .05) after group mbct. the improvement of tfeq scores was accompanied by reduced levels of depressive mood and trait anxiety. the positive impact of mbct on tfeq score was directly related to an improvement of the performance in the stroo

Author

L. Sala; P. Gorwood; C. Vindreau; P. Duriez

Published

2021

Language

EN