Testing the validity and clinical utility of the severity specifiers for binge-eating disorder for predicting treatment outcomes.
Janet A LydeckerValentina IvezajCarlos M GriloPublished in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology (2020)
In a large series of treatment-seeking individuals with BED aggregated across RCTs at 1 medical center testing psychological and pharmacological treatments for BED, DSM-5 severity specifiers for BED had limited validity and utility predicting response to treatments. Future research is needed to identify more robust severity indicators with clinical utility to inform future DSM revisions and clinical practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).