ESTRA-BED
Overview
Help understand, prevent and treat eating disorders
Do you often binge eat, but do not do behaviours to counteract the effect of eating in this way? E.g. vomiting, taking laxatives, overexercising etc.
Join the ESTRA-BED study
Receive £100 and an image of your brain
Are you:
Aged 18 - 30 years old ?
Live in or near London ?
Sufficient in English ?
Then you may be able to take part in our study!
Planned end date
30 Jun 2024 13:37Conditions
Anorexia,Binge eating,Eating DisordersInclusion Criteria
- Male and female volunteers, all ethnicities.
- Age of 18 to 30.
- Fluent in English (due to validity of neuropsychological measures).
- current DSM-5 binge eating disorder
Exclusion Criteria
- People with brain injuries including stroke, tumours, epilepsy, neurodegenerative or other neurological disorders.
- People who are deaf or have significant hearing problems or a hearing aid that cannot be removed.
- People who are blind or have significant vision difficulties (correct near vision of 20/100 or worse in both eyes).
- People with type I or type II diabetes.
- People who are heavily medicated for serious illness (other than for mental illness).
- People who are pregnant or any possibility that they may be pregnant.
- People with restricted mobility, including inability to lie flat for 1.5 hours.
- People who have a history of anorexia nervosa and have not restored their body weight in the past 6 months.
- People who have participated in the STRATIFY, ESTRA or IMAGEN studies previously.
