Initial assessment involves a comprehensive medical and psychiatric evaluation with appropriate laboratory tests as indicated. Medications are indicated for binge eating disorder and can result in a 94% reduction in binge frequency with about twelve to fourteen pound weight loss over fourteen weeks.

One type of psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, can result in an 80% reduction in binge eating frequency over twenty weeks, and a 60% remission rate after one year and can be done in either a group or individual setting.

  warning signs for binge eating disorder

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