IntechOpen eBooks, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 21, 2025

Eating disorders (EDs), including anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED), are severe mental health conditions involving complex psychological, emotional, physical factors. This chapter explores Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a leading psychological treatment for EDs, focusing on its impact body image, self-esteem, quality of life (QoL). It also highlights the importance personalized integrated approaches in treating emphasizing need tailored interventions multidisciplinary care. CBT is highly effective BN BED, supported by evidence showing reductions eating, purging, restrictive behaviors, alongside improvements well-being QoL. Core techniques help individuals challenge maladaptive beliefs about image self-worth, regain control over habits, enhance social functioning. The reviews empirical supporting CBT’s mechanisms action. However, effectiveness AN limited, particularly adults, where Family-Based (FBT) has shown greater promise adolescents. Challenges implementation include therapeutic alliance, culturally sensitive adaptations, underutilization due to lack trained clinicians. global rise ED prevalence, driven sociocultural factors like Western media influence, urbanization, acculturation. calls ongoing research integration digital improve accessibility long-term outcomes. By addressing these gaps, other evidence-based treatments can evolve, offering hope improved recovery QoL affected debilitating disorders.

Язык: Английский