Combining Digital Cognitive-behavior Therapy With Mindfulness Training for Binge Eating Disorder

Combining Digital Cognitive-behavior Therapy With Mindfulness Training for Binge Eating Disorder: a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

The investigators will evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a 16-session digital mindfulness-based and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention for binge eating disorder (BED) + coached self-monitoring vs. a coached self-monitoring intervention. This study is a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Procedures include completing: (1) pre-intervention screening assessment; (2) an initial baseline visit; (3) the assigned intervention; (4) a mid-study visit; (5) a post-intervention assessment (~18-weeks after baseline); and (6) a 2-month follow-up assessment.

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18 years or older
• ability to speak English fluently
• meeting DSM-5 criteria for current BED (i.e., in the past three months)
• willing and able to commit to the entire study protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

• a BMI below 18.5
• requiring immediate treatment for medical complications
• having current anorexia or bulimia nervosa or purging behaviors within the past year
• being pregnant or breast-feeding
• experiencing other severe psychopathology or medical illness that would limit the participants' ability to comply with the demands of the current study (e.g. active suicidal risk, active psychotic disorder, unmedicated bipolar disorder, severe substance use disorder, cancer)
• currently receiving BED or weight loss treatment (treatment for other conditions will be allowed, as long as the treatment is not mindfulness-based)
• currently taking medications for weight loss, or beginning medications that affect eating/weight within the last six months.