NAME OF RESEARCHER

Rayanne  Chami

NAME OF SUPERVISOR             

Janet Treasure                                   

PROJECT TITLE:

An examination of the feasibility acceptability and effectiveness of a training intervention for eating disorders

CLINICAL ACADEMIC GROUP:

Obesity & eating Disorders

START & FINISH DATES:           

2018 -Sept 2020

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:.

This involved to proof on concept studies of a app based go no go training intervention for binge spectrum disorder.

What this research has shown.

We found that the augmentation of treatment as usual with the  app reduced binge eating and the valuation of high calorie  food in the short term 

Implications

The app based training has the potential to improve outcomes from binge eating in the longer term. We are applying to the NIHR for money to do a larger treatment study.

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

Chami, R., Cardi, V., Lawrence, N., MacDonald, P., Rowlands, K., Hodsoll, J., & Treasure, J. (2022). Targeting binge eating in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder using inhibitory control training and implementation intentions: A feasibility trial. Psychological Medicine, 52(5), 874-883.

Presented at the society of Eating Behaviours in Utrecht 2019

Keeler, J.*, Rayane Chami.*, Cardi, V., Hodsoll, J., Bonin, E., MacDonald, P., Treasure, J., Lawrence, N (2022). App-based food-specific inhibitory control training as an adjunct to treatment as usual in binge-type eating disorders: a feasibility trial. Appetite, 168, 105788.

Presented at the Annual Eating Disorder conference @ Royal college of Psychiatrists 2021