Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Doctoral Research Paper
Degree Name
Psy.D.
Organizational Unit
Graduate School of Professional Psychology
First Advisor
Jessica Bartley
Second Advisor
Lynett Henderson Metzger
Third Advisor
Lisa Brownstone
Keywords
Binge eating disorders, Treatment, Biology
Abstract
The concerningly low recovery and high cross over rates of eating disorders with binge eating behaviors suggests there might be a missing element in current treatment approaches commonly used to address eating disorders. Research supports the existence of significant biological correlation between disorders that are characterized by binge eating behaviors. This paper examines some of the biological processes in which these disorders show the most significant correlations. These include the organism’s response to caloric restriction, the brain’s response to feeding, the biological drive for reproduction, sensory association to feeding, and habituated responding to the feeding process. Additionally, we will explore three of the most common treatment modalities used to treat eating disorders and identify areas in which they may fail to address the biological underpinnings of these disorders. We then use these limitations to propose a novel treatment approach that combines the benefits of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy with the targeted physiological treatment of appetite awareness training and prescriptive eating to create a more targeted, disorder specific modality based on the biological nuances that appear to maintain binge eating behaviors.
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Extent
42 pgs
Recommended Citation
Morawe, Karlyne, "Biology of Binge Eating Related Disorders and Proposal for Integration into Treatment" (2020). Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects. 367.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/capstone_masters/367