SynthesisNeuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2022
Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses.
Synthesis in Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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133 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 259 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Therapies for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in Adolescents and Adults.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Psychological Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents: A Critical Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Emotion-Related Treatments in Patients With Binge Eating Episodes-a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Treatment effectiveness for comorbid anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a systematic review.International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice · 2025Pooled it
- Global prevalence of eating disorders in children: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Placebo effects in randomized trials of pharmacological and neurostimulation interventions for mental disorders: An umbrella review.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Psychological Effects of Nasogastric Tube (NGT) in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Inpatient treatments for adults with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review of literature.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Pooled it
- An umbrella review of candidate predictors of response, remission, recovery, and relapse across mental disorders.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Specific psychological therapies versus other therapies or no treatment for severe and enduring anorexia nervosa.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Food Addiction Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes in Binge-Type Eating Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Guided Self-Help in China.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy for Adults With Binge-Eating Disorder.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Shared Versus Unique Features of Neural Activation During Cognitive Flexibility Across Restrictive Eating Disorder Presentations.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Body Image Surveys to Address Social Appearance Anxiety in Women at Risk of Eating Psychopathology: An Acceptability, Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy Study, Using a Wait-List Randomized Controlled Design.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Moderators of treatment effect in a randomised controlled trial of single- and multi-family therapy for anorexia nervosa in adolescents and emerging adults.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Trial
- Smartphone-Supported Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Binge-Eating Disorder: An Exploratory Randomized Trial.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Trial
- Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Bulimia Nervosa: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Lower Extremity Injuries and Revision Surgery Rates are Increased in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Compared With Controls.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Validation of the ED-15-NL, a Brief Session-by-Session Questionnaire to Measure Changes in Eating Disorder Cognitions and Behaviors.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
73 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
MONTELEONE, A.M., F. Pellegrino, G. Croatto, M. Carfagno, A. Hilbert, J. Treasure, T. Wade, C. Bulik, S. Zipfel, P. Hay, U. Schmidt, G. Castellini, A. Favaro, F. Fernandez-Aranda, J. Il Shin, U. Voderholzer, V. Ricca, D. Moretti, D. Busatta, G. Abbate-Daga, F. Ciullini, G. Cascino, F. Monaco, C.U. Correll and M. Solmi. Treatment of Eating Disorders: a systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV 21(1) XXX-XXX, 2022.- Treatment efficacy for eating disorders (EDs) is modest and guidelines differ. We summarized findings/quality of (network) meta-analyses (N)MA of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in EDs. Systematic meta-review ((N)MA of RCTs, ED, active/inactive control), using (anorexia or bulimia or eating disorder) AND (meta-analy*) in PubMed/PsycINFO/Cochrane database up to December 15th, 2020. Standardized mean difference, odds/risk ratio vs control were summarized at end of treatment and follow-up. Interventions involving family (family-based therapy, FBT) outperformed active control in adults/adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN), and in adolescents with bulimia nervosa (BN). In adults with BN, individual cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-ED had the broadest efficacy versus active control; also, antidepressants outperformed active. In mixed age groups with binge-eating disorder (BED), psychotherapy, and lisdexamfetamine outperformed active control. Antidepressants, stimulants outperformed placebo, despite lower acceptability, as did CBT-ED versus waitlist/no treatment. Family-based therapy is effective in AN and BN (adolescents). CBT-ED has the largest efficacy in BN (adults), followed by antidepressants, as well as psychotherapy in BED (mixed). Medications have short-term efficacy in BED (adults).
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