Joana Duarte

BEfree: A new psychological program for binge eating that integrates psychoeducation, mindfulness, and compassion.

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy January 25, 2017 José Pinto-Gouveia, Sérgio A Carvalho, Lara Palmeira et al.

Binge eating disorder (BED) is associated with several psychological and medical problems, such as obesity. Approximately 30% of individuals seeking weight loss treatments present binge eating symptomatology. Moreover, current treatments for BED lack efficacy at follow-up assessments. Developing mindfulness and self-compassion seem to be beneficial in treating BED, although there is still room...