Guided Self-Help Therapy
The emphasis on more scalable or spreadable treatments in the BED’s psychological and behavioral treatment literature is a significant development. However, many of these treatments are constrained because they necessitate specialized training, and even mental health professionals might not have this relevant experience or training in delivering these specific therapies.
Therefore, attempts have been undertaken to create guided self-help procedures that would enable physicians to support and direct patients who try to adhere to evidence-based treatment principles offered in the form of self-care resources. Self-help CBT by Fairburn and self-help BWL by Brownell are two examples of evidence-based self-care guides created expressly for patients.
These self-help publications educate readers about binge eating and obesity and give detailed instructions so patients can follow and carry out the programs independently. For example, in this therapy, you can have a food journal to help someone address the food triggers. Listed in the food journal should include: the eating time, the food eaten, the place of the food eaten, the reasons for eating, and the feelings after eating.
These self-help publications educate readers about binge eating and obesity, respectively, and give guidelines to patients to follow.
