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CBT4BN versus CBTF2F: comparison of online versus face-to-face treatment for bulimia nervosaCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 33:1056-64. 2012..If not inferior, CBT4BN may be a cost-effective approach to service delivery for individuals requiring treatment for BN...
Understanding the relation between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in a Swedish national twin sampleCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Biol Psychiatry 67:71-7. 2010..We present a bivariate twin analysis of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa to determine the extent to which shared genetic and environmental factors contribute to liability to these disorders...
Exploring the gene-environment nexus in eating disordersCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
J Psychiatry Neurosci 30:335-9. 2005....
Uniting Couples (in the treatment of) Anorexia Nervosa (UCAN)Cynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Int J Eat Disord 44:19-28. 2011..To describe the development of a novel couple-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for adult anorexia nervosa (AN) called Uniting Couples (in the treatment of) Anorexia Nervosa (UCAN)...
Genetics in eating disorders: state of the scienceCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Neurosciences Hospital Room 10505, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
CNS Spectr 9:511-5. 2004..This review presents a synthesis of current knowledge about genetic factors implicated in the etiology of eating disorders...
Alcohol use disorder comorbidity in eating disorders: a multicenter studyCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7160, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 65:1000-6. 2004..Our aim was to explore the nature of the co-morbid relation between AUDs and eating disorders in a large and phenotypically well-characterized group of individuals...
Contemporary thinking about the role of genes and environment in eating disordersCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 13:91-8. 2004..To review recent literature documenting how family, twin and molecular genetic studies of eating disorders have revolutionized our conceptualizations of anorexia and bulimia nervosa...
Prevalence, heritability, and prospective risk factors for anorexia nervosaCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:305-12. 2006..Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious mental illness with marked morbidity and mortality...
Unplanned pregnancy in women with anorexia nervosaCynthia M Bulik
Departments of Psychiatry and Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:1136-40. 2010..To compare the frequency with which unplanned pregnancies occur in individuals with anorexia nervosa relative to women without eating disorders in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study...
Anorexia nervosa: definition, epidemiology, and cycle of riskCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 37:S2-9; discussion S20-1. 2005....
Genetic epidemiology, endophenotypes, and eating disorder classificationCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:S52-60. 2007..To explore how genetic epidemiology has informed the identification of endophenotypes and how endophenotypes may inform future classification of eating disorders...
Anorexia nervosa treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:310-20. 2007....
Suicide attempts in anorexia nervosaCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Drive, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Psychosom Med 70:378-83. 2008..To explore prevalence and patterns of suicidal attempts in persons with anorexia nervosa (AN)...
Patterns of remission, continuation and incidence of broadly defined eating disorders during early pregnancy in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)Cynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Psychol Med 37:1109-18. 2007..We explored the course of broadly defined eating disorders during pregnancy in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health...
Birth outcomes in women with eating disorders in the Norwegian Mother and Child cohort study (MoBa)Cynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 42:9-18. 2009..We explored the impact of eating disorders on birth outcomes in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study...
Maternal eating disorders influence sex ratio at birthCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87:979-81. 2008..If confirmed, this finding could provide evidence in formulating hypotheses regarding the consequences of eating disorders and determinants of sex ratio at birth...
Relationships between features associated with vomiting in purging-type eating disordersLauren Reba
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 38:287-94. 2005..Specifically targeting treatment to decrease duration of exposure to this dangerous symptom continues to be an important clinical objective...
Symptom fluctuation in eating disorders: correlates of diagnostic crossoverFederica Tozzi
Department of Psychiatry, CB 7160, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Neurosciences Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160l, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:732-40. 2005..These results indicate that personality and family characteristics may influence the course of eating disorders and may be informative for planning interventions...
Features associated with diet pill use in individuals with eating disordersLauren Reba-Harrelson
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Eat Behav 9:73-81. 2008..In the eating disorder population, vigilant screening for diet pill use should be routine clinical practice...
Substance use disorders in women with anorexia nervosaTammy L Root
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Int J Eat Disord 43:14-21. 2010..Secondary analyses examined SUD related to lifetime purging behavior and lifetime binge eating...
Posttraumatic stress disorder in anorexia nervosaMae Lynn Reyes-Rodríguez
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Drive, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Psychosom Med 73:491-7. 2011..The main objectives of this study were to describe the nature of traumatic events experienced and to explore the relationship between PTSD and anorexia nervosa (AN) in a sample of women...
Influence of overanxious disorder of childhood on the expression of anorexia nervosaT J Raney
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:326-32. 2008..This study investigates the prevalence of overanxious disorder (OAD) among women with AN and explores how OAD impacts AN symptoms and personality traits...
Sexual functioning in women with eating disordersAndrea Poyastro Pinheiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 43:123-9. 2010..To describe sexual functioning in women with eating disorders...
Childhood anxiety associated with low BMI in women with anorexia nervosaJocilyn E Dellava
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 101 Manning Drive, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Behav Res Ther 48:60-7. 2010..The present study explores childhood personality characteristics that could be associated with the ability to attain an extremely low BMI...
Selection of eating-disorder phenotypes for linkage analysisCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 139:81-7. 2005..Linkage results appear in a subsequent report. Our report lays out a systematic roadmap for utilizing a rich set of phenotypes for genetic analyses, including the selection of linkage methods paired to those phenotypes...
Eating disorder symptoms and weight and shape concerns in a large web-based convenience sample of women ages 50 and above: results of the Gender and Body Image (GABI) studyDanielle A Gagne
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 45:832-44. 2012..Limited research exists on eating disorder symptoms and attitudes and weight and shape concerns in women in midlife to older adulthood. We conducted an online survey to characterize these behaviors and concerns in women ages 50 and above...
Patterns of menstrual disturbance in eating disordersAndréa Poyastro Pinheiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:424-34. 2007..To describe menstrual disturbance in eating disorders (ED)...
Smoking in eating disordersDoris Anzengruber
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA
Eat Behav 7:291-9. 2006..Given the high prevalence, the impact of ongoing smoking on maintenance of eating disorders symptoms is worthy of both clinical and research attention...
Comorbidity of anxiety disorders with anorexia and bulimia nervosaWalter H Kaye
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O Hara St, Suite 600, Iroquois Bldg, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:2215-21. 2004....
Patterns of maternal feeding and child eating associated with eating disorders in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)Lauren Reba-Harrelson
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Neurosciences Hospital, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Eat Behav 11:54-61. 2010..Longitudinal follow-up will assist in determining the implications of feeding style on later growth trajectories and development...
Binge eating disorder: a stable syndromeHarrison G Pope
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:2181-3. 2006..This study assessed the stability of binge eating disorder in a community sample...
Shared and unique genetic and environmental influences on binge eating and night eating: a Swedish twin studyTammy L Root
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, United States
Eat Behav 11:92-8. 2010..BE and NE in females are therefore best conceptualized as related but not identical traits...
Genetic analysis of bulimia nervosa: methods and sample descriptionWalter H Kaye
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Int J Eat Disord 35:556-70. 2004..The current study presents the clinical characteristics of this sample as well as a description of the study methodology...
Temporal patterns of recovery across eating disorder subtypesAnn Von Holle
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:108-17. 2008..To compare patterns of recovery in individuals with index episodes of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN)...
Significant linkage on chromosome 10p in families with bulimia nervosaCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298 0126, USA
Am J Hum Genet 72:200-7. 2003..92 and 3.39, meet the widely accepted criterion for genomewide significance. Another region on 14q meets the criterion for genomewide suggestive linkage, with MLSs of 1.97 (full sample) and 1.75 (subset) at 62 centimorgans from p-ter...
The STAGE cohort: a prospective study of tobacco use among Swedish twinsHelena Furberg
Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:1727-35. 2008..Patterns of tobacco use may be changing in Sweden; snus use appears to be increasing, while daily smoking appears to be decreasing in popularity among the younger Swedish twins...
Features associated with excessive exercise in women with eating disordersHemal Shroff
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, and Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, MD, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:454-61. 2006..CONCLUSION: Excessive exercise may be associated particularly with the purging subtype of AN as well as with a constellation of anxious/obsessional temperament and personality characteristics among women with eating disorders...
Attitudes toward weight gain during pregnancy: results from the Norwegian mother and child cohort study (MoBa)Rebecca A Swann
Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 42:394-401. 2009....
Understanding the association of impulsivity, obsessions, and compulsions with binge eating and purging behaviours in anorexia nervosaElizabeth R Hoffman
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Eur Eat Disord Rev 20:e129-36. 2012..To further refine our understanding of impulsivity, obsessions, and compulsions in anorexia nervosa (AN) by isolating which behaviours--binge eating, purging, or both--are associated with these features...
Anorexia nervosa and generalized anxiety disorder: further explorations of the relation between anxiety and body mass indexLaura M Thornton
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
J Anxiety Disord 25:727-30. 2011..Comorbid AN and GAD may be a particularly pernicious presentation influencing both BMI and proclivity to engage in behaviors such as fasting and exercise that serve both weight loss and anxiolytic goals...
Features associated with laxative abuse in individuals with eating disordersFederica Tozzi
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1st floor Neurosciences Hospital, CB #7160, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7160, USA
Psychosom Med 68:470-7. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The function of laxative abuse may differ across individuals with eating disorders, alternatively serving as a method of purging and a form of self-harm...
Association study of 182 candidate genes in anorexia nervosaAndrea Poyastro Pinheiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 153:1070-80. 2010....
Linkage analysis of anorexia and bulimia nervosa cohorts using selected behavioral phenotypes as quantitative traits or covariatesSilviu-Alin Bacanu
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 139:61-8. 2005..3); for covariate-based linkage analysis, five suggestive signals (for BMI at 4q13.1, for CM at 11p11.2 and 17q25.1, and for OBF at 17q25.1 and 15q26.2). Overlap between the two cohorts was minimal for substantial linkage signals...
Effects of reducing the frequency and duration criteria for binge eating on lifetime prevalence of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder: implications for DSM-5Sara E Trace
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 45:531-6. 2012..We assessed the impact of reducing the binge eating frequency and duration thresholds on the diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa (BN) and binge eating disorder (BED)...
Life beyond the eating disorder: education, relationships, and reproductionMillie Maxwell
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 44:225-32. 2011..We investigated the sociodemographic characteristics in women with and without lifetime eating disorders...
The structure of perfectionism: a twin studyFederica Tozzi
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA
Behav Genet 34:483-94. 2004..The better fitting independent pathway model provided evidence of non-trivial differences in the pattern of heritability for CM, DA, and PS...
Nutrient and food group intakes of women with and without bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder during pregnancyAnna Maria Siega-Riz
Department of Epidemiology and Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27516, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1346-55. 2008..Little is known concerning the dietary habits during pregnancy of women with eating disorders that may lie in the causal pathway of adverse birth outcomes...
Absence of association between specific common variants of the obesity-related FTO gene and psychological and behavioral eating disorder phenotypesCharles R Jonassaint
Department of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 156:454-61. 2011..Thus, this study found no evidence that FTO gene variants associated with weight regulation in the general population are associated with eating disorder phenotypes in AN participants or matched controls...
Temporal sequence of comorbid alcohol use disorder and anorexia nervosaJessica H Baker
101 Manning Drive, CB 7160, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Addict Behav 38:1704-9. 2013..Results do not indicate a distinct pattern of symptomatology in comorbid AN and AUD based on the temporal sequence of the disorders...
Gestational weight gain of women with eating disorders in the Norwegian pregnancy cohortAnna Maria Siega-Riz
Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 44:428-34. 2011..To examine the amount of weight women with eating disorders [anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED)] gained during pregnancy and to evaluate the adequacy of total weight gain...
The significance of repetitive hair-pulling behaviors in eating disordersNancy Zucker
Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
J Clin Psychol 67:391-403. 2011..Evidence of a positive association with endorsement of compulsive behavior of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum emerged. Hair pulling may be more consonant with ritualistic compulsions than impulsive urges in those with eating disorders...
Linkage analysis of anorexia nervosa incorporating behavioral covariatesBernie Devlin
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2593, USA
Hum Mol Genet 11:689-96. 2002..50, P = 0.00035). By comparing our results to those implemented using more standard linkage methods, we find the covariates convey substantial information for the linkage analysis...
Dietary supplement use immediately before and during pregnancy in Norwegian women with eating disordersJocilyn E Dellava
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 44:325-32. 2011..Many pregnant women use dietary supplements. Little is known about dietary supplement use during pregnancy in women with eating disorders...
Factors associated with recovery from anorexia nervosaStephanie Zerwas
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Electronic address
J Psychiatr Res 47:972-9. 2013..The anxiolytic function of some AN behaviors may impede recovery for individuals with greater trait anxiety...
Shared genetic effects between age at menarche and disordered eatingJessica H Baker
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Adolesc Health 51:491-6. 2012..However, it is unclear whether they share genetic factors. The goal of the current study was to delineate the genetic correlation between age at menarche and disordered eating...
Maternal eating disorders and infant temperament: findings from the Norwegian mother and child cohort studyStephanie Zerwas
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 45:546-55. 2012..We hypothesized that women with eating disorders would be more likely to rate their infants' temperament higher on negative emotionality than women without eating disorders...
The genetics of anorexia nervosaCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 27:263-75. 2007..With these bodies of literature as a starting point, we evaluate critically the current state of research on molecular genetic studies of anorexia nervosa and provide guidance for future research...
A description of disordered eating behaviors in Latino malesMae Lynn Reyes-Rodríguez
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Am Coll Health 59:266-72. 2011..To explore disordered eating and eating disorders (EDs) in Latino males...
Impact of broadening definitions of anorexia nervosa on sample characteristicsJocilyn E Dellava
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7160, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
J Psychiatr Res 45:691-8. 2011..However, broader criteria for AN yield a more heterogeneous sample with regard to eating disorder symptoms and psychiatric comorbidity than a sample defined by narrower criteria...
The relation between eating disorders and components of perfectionismCynthia M Bulik
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:366-8. 2003..The authors' goal was to explore the relation between perfectionism and psychopathology, including eating disorders...
Diet and physical activity in women recovered from anorexia nervosa: a pilot studyJocilyn E Dellava
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 44:376-82. 2011..Reasons for this are unknown as little is known about diet, food choices, physical activity levels (PAL), and reasons for exercise in women recovered from AN...
Sleep disturbances and binge eating disorder symptoms during and after pregnancyT Frances Ulman
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Sleep 35:1403-11. 2012..We compared sleep problems during pregnancy and sleep dissatisfaction 18 months after pregnancy in pregnant women with binge eating disorder (BED) symptoms and pregnant women without an eating disorder...
Medical morbidity in binge eating disorderCynthia M Bulik
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Int J Eat Disord 34:S39-46. 2003..To explore the extent to which binge eating disorder (BED) is associated with medical morbidity...
An examination of early childhood perfectionism across anorexia nervosa subtypesKatherine A Halmi
Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, USA
Int J Eat Disord 45:800-7. 2012..To examine childhood perfectionism in anorexia nervosa (AN) restricting (RAN), purging (PAN), and binge eating with or without purging (BAN) subtypes...
Use of text messaging for monitoring sugar-sweetened beverages, physical activity, and screen time in children: a pilot studyJennifer R Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 40:385-91. 2008..To examine acceptability, attrition, adherence, and preliminary efficacy of mobile phone short message service (SMS; text messaging) for monitoring healthful behaviors in children...
Price changes alone are not adequate to produce long-term dietary changeJocilyn E Dellava
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
J Nutr 140:1887-91. 2010..Price changes led to substantial shifts in the structure of food consumption. However, except for the most expensive items, consumption of items returned to levels consumed in the former Soviet Union following price stabilization...
[Genetics in eating disorders: extending the boundaries of research]Andrea Poyastro Pinheiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Rev Bras Psiquiatr 28:218-25. 2006..To review the recent literature relevant to genetic research in eating disorders and to discuss unique issues which are crucial for the development of a genetic research project in eating disorders in Brazil...
An empirical study of the typology of bulimic symptoms in young Portuguese womenAndrea Poyastro Pinheiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:251-8. 2008..To investigate whether clusters of bulimic symptoms exist in a community sample of young Portuguese women...
Gender differences in compensatory behaviors, weight and shape salience, and drive for thinnessCharles B Anderson
Department of Psychiatry, CB#7160, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA
Eat Behav 5:1-11. 2004..These findings suggest that both the nature and function of compensatory behaviors may differ by gender...
Exploratory study to decrease postprandial anxiety: Just relax!Jennifer R Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:728-33. 2008..We explored the impact of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), guided imagery (GI), self-directed relaxation (SR), and control (C) on reducing postprandial anxiety in 64 females with AN...
The biology of binge eatingWendy Foulds Mathes
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, United States
Appetite 52:545-53. 2009..To examine the literature on binge eating to gain a better understanding of its biological foundations and their role in eating disorders...
Bulimia nervosa treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsJennifer R Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:321-36. 2007....
Binge-eating disorder as a distinct familial phenotype in obese individualsJames I Hudson
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass 02478, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:313-9. 2006..However, it remains unclear whether BED represents an etiologically distinct behavioral phenotype of obesity or simply a nonspecific eating pattern sometimes seen in obese individuals...
Medical and psychiatric morbidity in obese women with and without binge eatingCynthia M Bulik
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980126, Richmond, VA 23298 0126, USA
Int J Eat Disord 32:72-8. 2002....
Binge eating disorder treatment: a systematic review of randomized controlled trialsKimberly A Brownley
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7160, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:337-48. 2007....
Ethnic and racial differences in body size perception and satisfactionLauren W Kronenfeld
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Body Image 7:131-6. 2010..Understanding factors that promote body satisfaction differentially across racial and ethnic groups could become a tool in appropriately tailored interventions designed to prevent eating disorders...
Eating disorder symptomatology: prevalence among Latino college freshmen studentsMae Lynn Reyes-Rodríguez
University North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UNC Eating Disorders Program, 101 Manning Drive, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:666-79. 2010..Eating disorder symptoms occur frequently in Puerto Rican college students, and prevention, detection, and treatment efforts are needed...
Mobile therapy: Use of text-messaging in the treatment of bulimia nervosaJennifer R Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Int J Eat Disord 43:513-9. 2010..To examine a text-messaging program for self-monitoring symptoms of bulimia nervosa (BN) within the context of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)...
Evaluating binge eating disorder in children: development of the children's binge eating disorder scale (C-BEDS)Jennifer R Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:82-9. 2007..The purpose of this study was to develop a brief, simple, structured, interviewer-administered scale (C-BEDS) to measure BED in children according to the provisional criteria and to compare diagnostic results with SCID diagnoses...
The genetics of bulimia nervosaCynthia M Bulik
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
Drugs Today (Barc) 40:741-9. 2004..Such enhanced phenotyping may assist with identifying areas of the genome that may be implicated in susceptibility to these serious and debilitating conditions...
Body mass, DRD4, physical activity, sedentary behavior, and family socioeconomic status: the add health studyGuang Guo
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3210, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1199-206. 2007..To investigate the joint role of the 48-base pair repeat polymorphism of the dopamine receptor 4 gene (DRD4) and environmental factors in body mass variation among an ethnically diverse sample of U.S. adolescents and young adults...
Feasibility and acceptability of CD-ROM-based cognitive-behavioural treatment for binge-eating disorderJennifer R Shapiro
Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Eur Eat Disord Rev 15:175-84. 2007..However, there was a significantly greater decline in binge days in the two active groups relative to WL. CD-ROM appears to be an acceptable and at least initially preferred method of CBT delivery for overweight individuals with BED...
A twin study of dietary restraint, disinhibition and hunger: an examination of the eating inventory (three factor eating questionnaire)Benjamin M Neale
Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Twin Res 6:471-8. 2003..Furthermore, Restraint appeared to be empirically distinct from Hunger or Disinhibition...
A searchable database of genetic evidence for psychiatric disordersThomas Konneker
Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7264, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 147:671-5. 2008..Findings can be save to disk or viewed via a genome browser...
Psychiatric and medical symptoms in binge eating in the absence of compensatory behaviorsTed Reichborn-Kjennerud
Division of Epidemiology, The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P O Box 4404 Nydalen, N 0403 Oslo, Norway
Obes Res 12:1445-54. 2004..To explore the extent to which binge eating in the absence of compensatory behaviors (BE) is associated with psychiatric and medical symptoms in men and women and to control for the independent effects of BMI...
Undue influence of weight on self-evaluation: a population-based twin study of gender differencesTed Reichborn-Kjennerud
Division of Epidemiology, The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Int J Eat Disord 35:123-32; discussion 133-5. 2004....
Patterns of weight change after treatment for bulimia nervosaFrances A Carter
Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Int J Eat Disord 36:12-21. 2004..The current study examined changes in weight and body mass index (BMI) at 5-year follow-up among women treated for bulimia nervosa...
Bulimic symptoms in the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development: correlates, comorbidity, and geneticsRichard Rowe
Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research Center, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Biol Psychiatry 51:172-82. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: The pattern of comorbidity suggests overlap between bulimia symptoms and those of internalizing disorders. Substantial genetic variance (44%) was evident in the most conservative model...
Bipolar II disorder: personality and outcome in two clinical samplesPeter R Joyce
Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 38:433-8. 2004..To compare the personality traits and disorders of patients with bipolar II disorder and major depression and to examine the impact on treatment outcome of a bipolar II diagnosis...
Does environment matter? A review of nonshared environment and eating disordersKelly L Klump
Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
Int J Eat Disord 31:118-35. 2002..We review studies highlighting the importance of nonshared factors for the development of eating disorders and suggest areas for future research...
Application of a latent class analysis to empirically define eating disorder phenotypesPamela K Keel
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:192-200. 2004..Diagnostic criteria for eating disorders influence how we recognize, research, and treat eating disorders, and empirically valid phenotypes are required for revealing their genetic bases...
The effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa on temperament and character as measured by the temperament and character inventoryCharles B Anderson
Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
Compr Psychiatry 43:182-8. 2002..These results suggest that the elements of CBT affecting self-directedness may hold promise for enhancing the effectiveness of treatment for BN...
Eating disorders in adolescents and young adultsCynthia M Bulik
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 East Leigh Street, Richmond, VA 23298 0126, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 11:201-18. 2002....
Characteristics of women with persistent thinnessRita Slof
Robert-Fleury Stichting, Leidschendam, The Netherlands
Obes Res 11:971-7. 2003..Whether later menarche is causally related to thinness or whether later menarche, persistent thinness, and enhanced well-being all result from a third unmeasured variable such as high sports participation is yet to be resolved...
Genetic and environmental contributions to obesity and binge eatingCynthia M Bulik
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980126, Richmond, VA 23298 0126, USA
Int J Eat Disord 33:293-8. 2003..The purpose of this article was to determine the extent of overlap between genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the liability to obesity and binge eating...
Anxiety and psychoactive substance use disorder comorbidity in anorexia nervosa or depressionJennifer Jordan
Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Int J Eat Disord 34:211-9. 2003....
Intentional weight loss in young adults: sex-specific genetic and environmental effectsAnna Keski-Rahkonen
Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland
Obes Res 13:745-53. 2005..To explore eating styles associated with intentional weight loss (IWL) and to determine whether the genetic liability in IWL is entirely shared with genetic liability affecting BMI...
Psychosocial factors associated with broadly defined bulimia nervosa during early pregnancy: findings from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort StudyCecilie Knoph Berg
Department of Adult Mental Health, Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:396-404. 2008..The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between psychosocial characteristics and broadly defined bulimia nervosa during early pregnancy, including factors associated with continuation, incidence and remission...
Characteristics of monozygotic male and female twins discordant for overweight: a descriptive studyKaren S Mitchell
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
Eat Behav 9:366-9. 2008..BMI is highly heritable. Yet, trends in obesity highlight environmental influences on body weight. Monozygotic (MZ) twins discordant for overweight offer a unique opportunity to examine these factors...
Specific and nonspecific comorbidity in anorexia nervosaJennifer Jordan
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand
Int J Eat Disord 41:47-56. 2008....
Epidemiology and course of anorexia nervosa in the communityAnna Keski-Rahkonen
Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:1259-65. 2007..The authors sought to describe the onset and outcomes of anorexia nervosa in the general population...
