| | Binge-eating disorder: What's the best treatment? |
 | | On one side of the debate, eating-disorders experts believe binge-eating is best treated by traditional eating-disorder approaches, such as helping patients reduce or eliminate bingeing, improving their self-esteem and body acceptance, and treating underlying psychological problems such as depression and anxiety. |
 | | Clinicians who treat binge-eating disorder as an eating disorder say that addressing the specific and general psychopathology that underlies the condition eliminates binge-eating and helps patients feel better about themselves. |
 | | There's yet another wrinkle in the binge-eating disorder debate: Researchers and clinicians are starting to discover that there are probably two groups of binge-eating disorder patients, one that has disordered eating and obesity but less serious psychological problems; another that displays those same eating disturbances but has more long-term, entrenched psychological difficulties. |
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