TY - JOUR
T1 - VR-based cue-exposure therapy (VR-CET) versus VR-CET plus pharmacotherapy in the treatment of bulimic-type eating disorders
AU - Pla-Sanjuanelo, Joana
AU - Ferrer-Garcia, Marta
AU - Vilalta-Abella, Ferran
AU - Riva, Giuseppe
AU - Dakanalis, Antonios
AU - Ribas-Sabaté, Joan
AU - Andreu-Gracia, Alexis
AU - Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando
AU - Sánchez, Isabel
AU - Escandón-Nagel, Neli
AU - Gomez-Tricio, Osane
AU - Tena, Virgínia
AU - Gutierrez-Maldonado, José
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Treatment guidelines recommend antidepressant medication for bulimic-type eating disorders either as an alternative to or in combination with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This study compared the efficacy of two second-line treatments of patients with bulimic-type eating disorders resistant to CBT: virtual reality-based cue-exposure therapy (VR-CET) alone or VR-CET in combination with pharmacotherapy. Results showed that bingeing episodes, bulimic symptomatology (the bulimia EDI-3 score) and food cravings (FCQ-T/S) were significantly reduced after both interventions. However, no significant differences were found between the combined intervention and VR-CET alone. Improvements from the treatments continued at the 6-month follow-up. Our results support the use of VR-CET as an effective treatment of bulimic-type eating disorders, reducing bulimic symptoms and food cravings. The addition of antidepressants to VR-CET does not provide any additional benefit.
AB - Treatment guidelines recommend antidepressant medication for bulimic-type eating disorders either as an alternative to or in combination with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This study compared the efficacy of two second-line treatments of patients with bulimic-type eating disorders resistant to CBT: virtual reality-based cue-exposure therapy (VR-CET) alone or VR-CET in combination with pharmacotherapy. Results showed that bingeing episodes, bulimic symptomatology (the bulimia EDI-3 score) and food cravings (FCQ-T/S) were significantly reduced after both interventions. However, no significant differences were found between the combined intervention and VR-CET alone. Improvements from the treatments continued at the 6-month follow-up. Our results support the use of VR-CET as an effective treatment of bulimic-type eating disorders, reducing bulimic symptoms and food cravings. The addition of antidepressants to VR-CET does not provide any additional benefit.
KW - Binge eating
KW - Bulimic-type disorders
KW - Clinical sample
KW - Computer Science (miscellaneous)
KW - Cue-exposure therapy
KW - Food cravings
KW - Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
KW - Psychology (miscellaneous)
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Virtual reality
KW - Binge eating
KW - Bulimic-type disorders
KW - Clinical sample
KW - Computer Science (miscellaneous)
KW - Cue-exposure therapy
KW - Food cravings
KW - Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
KW - Psychology (miscellaneous)
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Virtual reality
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/119622
UR - http://www.arctt.info/
M3 - Article
SN - 1554-8716
VL - 15
SP - 116
EP - 122
JO - Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine
JF - Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine
ER -