Binge Eating Disorder
CBT for binge eating disorder
Binge eating disorder is a less well known eating disorder than either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, and has been much less studied. The symptoms which give rise to a diagnosis of binge eating disorder are often described as "compulsive eating. Binge eating disorder involves repeated episodes of uncontrollable overeating which are not accompanied by self-induced vomiting or laxative misuse or other extreme forms of self-induced weight control behaviours.