Browsing by Author "Pereira, Daniela"

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    The Clinical Utility of Food Addiction: Characteristics and Psychosocial Impairments in a Treatment-Seeking Sample
    (MDPI, 2020) Oliveira, Edgar; Kim, Hyoun S.; Lacroix, Emilie; de Fátima Vasques, Mária; Ruiz Durante, Cristiane; Pereira, Daniela; Rico Cabral, Janice; Sanches Bernstein, Paula; Garcia, Ximena; Ritchie, Emma V.; Tavares, Hermano
    Little is known about the characteristics of individuals seeking treatment for food addiction (FA), and the clinical utility of FA has yet to be established. To address these gaps, we examined (i) the demographic, eating pathology, and psychiatric conditions associated with FA and (ii) whether FA is associated with psychosocial impairments when accounting for eating-related and other psychopathology. Forty-six patients seeking treatment for FA completed self-report questionnaires and semi-structured clinical interviews. The majority of the sample were women and self-identified as White, with a mean age of 43 years. Most participants (83.3%) presented with a comorbid psychiatric condition, most commonly anxiety and mood disorders, with a mean of 2.31 comorbid conditions. FA was associated with binge eating severity and anxiety symptoms, as well as psychological, physical, and social impairment. In regression analyses controlling for binge eating severity, food cravings, depression, and anxiety, FA remained a significant predictor only of social impairment. Taken together, the results suggest that individuals seeking treatment for FA are likely to present with significant comorbid conditions, in particular anxiety disorders. The results of the present research provide evidence for the clinical utility of FA, particularly in explaining social impairment.
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    Treatment of food addiction: preliminary results
    (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 2020) de Oliveira, Edgar Luis Lima; Lacroix, Emilie; Stravogiannis, Andrea Lorena Costa; de Fátima Vasques, Maria; Durante, Cristiane Ruiz; Duran, Érica Panzani; Pereira, Daniela; Cabral, Janice Rico; Tavares, Hermano
    There has been an increase in the number of publications using the term food addiction (FA), with many animal and humans neuroimaging studies demonstrating similarities between food and drugs of abuse1,2. FA is most often assessed with the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), a questionnaire which directly applies DSM-IV-TR substance dependence criteria to food and eating2. Although FA is not an official diagnosis, YFAS scores are associated with eating disorders, depression, emotion dysregulation and lower self-esteem3, suggesting a need to target these symptoms in treatment.