Skip to main content

Self-Help Treatments

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
Book cover Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders
  • 1183 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Institutional subscriptions

References and Further Reading

  • Bauer, S., Okon, E., Meermann, R., & Kordy, H. (2012). Technology-enhanced maintenance of treatment gains in eating disorders: Efficacy of an intervention via text messaging. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80(4), 700–706.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Beintner, I., Fittig, E., Möbius, K., & Jacobi, C. (2013). Internet-based aftercare for women with severe and chronic bulimia nervosa following inpatient treatment. Paper presented at the European Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ESRII) 2nd Meeting, Linköping.

    Google Scholar 

  • Beintner, I., Jacobi, C., & Schmidt, U. H. (2014). Participation and outcome in manualized self-help for bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder – A systematic review and metaregression analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 34(2), 158–176.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Cooper, P. J. (1995). Bulimia nervosa and binge-eating: A guide to recovery. New York: NYU Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cuijpers, P., & Schuurmans, J. P. (2007). Self-help interventions for anxiety disorders: An overview. Current Psychiatry Reports, 9(4), 284–290.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fairburn, C. G. (2013). Overcoming binge eating (2nd ed.). New York: The Guildford Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fichter, M., Cebulla, M., Quadflieg, N., & Naab, S. (2008). Guided self-help for binge eating/purging anorexia nervosa before inpatient treatment. Psychotherapy Research, 18(5), 594–603.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fichter, M., Quadflieg, N., & Lindner, S. (2013). Internet-based relapse prevention for anorexia nervosa: Nine-month follow-up. Journal of Eating Disorders, 1, 23.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  • Gulec, H., Moessner, M., Tury, F., Fiedler, P., Mezei, A., & Bauer, S. (2014). A randomized controlled trial of an internet-based posttreatment care for patients with eating disorders. Telemedicine Journal and E-Health, 20(10), 916–922.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Hötzel, K., von Brachel, R., Schmidt, U., Rieger, E., Kosfelder, J., Hechler, T., Schulte, D., & Vocks, S. (2014). An internet-based program to enhance motivation to change in females with symptoms of an eating disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 44(9), 1947–1963.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Jacobi, C., Völker, U., Trockel, M. T., & Taylor, C. B. (2012). Effects of an internet-based intervention for subthreshold eating disorders: A randomized controlled trial. Behavior Research and Therapy, 50(2), 93–99.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ohlmer, R., Jacobi, C., & Taylor, C. B. (2013). Preventing symptom progression in women at risk for AN: Results of a pilot study. European Eating Disorder Review, 21(4), 323–329.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Treasure, J. L., & Schmidt, U. (1997). Getting better bit(e) by bit(e): A survival Kit for sufferers of bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorders. London: Routledge.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Corinna Jacobi .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Singapore

About this entry

Cite this entry

Jacobi, C., Beintner, I. (2015). Self-Help Treatments. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_60-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_60-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore

  • Online ISBN: 978-981-287-087-2

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference MedicineReference Module Medicine

Publish with us

Policies and ethics