关键词: 进食障碍, 暴食症, 诊断评估, 治疗, 疗效

Abstract: Binge eating disorder (BED) has been proved to be one of the three most prevalent eating disorders in the world. In China, the number of those who are suffering from BED is not small and on rise. But studies on and treatments of this kind of disorder are almost on their primary stages. Systematically, this article reviews the syndromes that symbolize BED and the criteria of diagnosing BED, with mainly making an introduction to three common-used therapeutic methods on BED (i.e., the behavioral therapy, the cognitive therapy, and the therapy for improving other symptoms with BED). The article also discusses clients’ personal factors that could affect the therapeutic potency. The diagnosis of BED mainly depends on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) (investigator/interviewer-based) and Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) (clients/interviewee-based). A combination of medical history as well as other symptoms is also used as supplementary evidences to diagnosis. The three kinds of therapies place emphasis on different parts in theory and in practice. Although each of the three has been confirmed to lead to good results, the specific therapeutic potencies change much in different patients. The reason is that the therapeutic potencies are also influenced by the personality, social and cognitive factors of patients，which implies that the treatments should be chosen accordingly to the particular patient.

Key words: Eating disorders, Binge Eating Disorder (BED), diagnosis and evaluations, therapy, therapeutic potency