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Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London have investigated the feasibility of a new home-administered treatment for binge eating disorder.
The new treatment combines a gentle brain stimulation technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with a training programme that targets unhelpful patterns of attention around food.
Binge eating disorder ( BED ) is a serious mental illness that can affect anyone of any age, gender, ethnicity or background.
Future studies should verify these preliminary findings in a larger clinical trial which includes longer term follow-up beyond six-weeks .
The use of functional imaging and wearable technologies (which may provide insight into day-to-day changes in physical activity, food consumption, mood, and so on) might yield greater insight into the mechanism driving the therapeutic effects.
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