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To show patients with anorexia or bulimia nervosa more often than healthy controls display an anxious attachment style and poor mentalizing capacity.To investigateif there are correlations between mentalizing capacity and severity of specific…
To determine whether hypothalamic response to glucose ingestion in patients with anorexia nervosa differs from that in healthy subjects.
The main objective of the current study is investigating whether AN patients and healthy controls differ in how they experience (estimate) the size of their abdomen before and after multisensory input is provided (we will compare size estimation…
To draw definite conclusions about the effectiveness of omega-3 PUFA supplementation in anorexia nervosa patients a double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a substantial sample size should be conducted. Prior to…
The goal of this study is to gain insight into the eating behaviors of women with an eating disorder (ED) and comorbid autism spectrum disorder (ASD). By comparing this group to two other groups (women with an ED but without ASD and women with an…
The primary objective of the current study is to investigate the effectiveness of MCP-ED in a clinical sample of adolescents with an ED. As a result, this study will provide critical information about the potential relevance of implementing MCP-ED…
To compare dopamine D2 receptor availability before and after a food challenge in patients who underwent successful BS or unsuccessful BS.
To investigate neural response patterns to visually and orally presented palatable (high vs low caloric) and unpalatable (high vs low caloric) foods in AN patients and matched healthy controls (HC). This will be investigated through 1 study with 2…
The current study is an initial evaluation of the feasibility and effects of exposure therapy in those suffering from ED and comorbid PTSD.
This study investigates Early Maladaptive Schemas (EMS) and modes in function of eating disorder subtype and behaviour, such as vomiting, laxative misuse, restricting, frequency of binges and BMI.
1) We examine whether individuals who binge eat, and their mental health care professionals value the ESM app as a useful tool in BED treatment; 2) We examine which emotional and situational factors and fluctuations of these factors immediately…
Explaining the decision making process surrounding compulsory NF in the view of patients and their parents and their role in it. Also, exploring experiences and the impact of compulsory NF, aiming to identify ways to improve care and provide tools…
We will use a conditioning paradigm to experimentally investigate how individuals with AN compared to healthy controls (HCs) avoid disorder-specific, as well as generally aversive and pleasant outcomes and to what extent avoidance behaviors return…
The first aim of this research is to identify predictors of one-year treatment response after initial clinical diagnosis in a large sample of adolescent girls with AN. The results of this study could allow us to assess different treatment strategies…
The main objectives of this project are to increase our knowledge of factors playing a role in the maintenance of body image concerns in eating disorder patients. More specifically, we will examine the involvement of disgust-based avoidance of…
The objective of this study is to investigate body image disturbances in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. To capture the multidimensional perspective, body image disturbances will be studied on a perceptual, cognitive-affective and a behavioural…
The objective of the study is to determine the difference in brain responses after consumption of processed and unprocessed food between healthy lean subjects with a *normal* eating pattern with that of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) patients, who are…
It will be investigated whether a new form of exposure therapy, aiming at the reduction of anxiety by the disconfirmation of expectancies and learning of new inhibitory associations will lead to less AN symptoms, better acceptance of weight gain and…
The aim of this study is to gain knowledge about how disgust may contribute to the eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Part 1 aims to test a theoretical model on the relationship between disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, self-disgust and…
We aim to investigate the efficacy of a novel eating disorder prevention program, the Diabetes Body Project, specifically targeting young females T1D. Firstly, we will test the hypothesis that Diabetes Body Project will produce significantly greater…