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ArticleBiological psychiatry2013

The prevalence and correlates of binge eating disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

Ronald C Kessler, Patricia A Berglund, Wai Tat Chiu, Anne C Deitz, James I Hudson, Victoria Shahly, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Jordi Alonso, Matthias C Angermeyer, Corina Benjet and 11 more

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Article in Biological psychiatry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02528409 (A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Vortioxetine in the Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 548 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02528409 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Vortioxetine in the Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ChicagoRan2016 to 2018Enrolled80ConditionsBinge Eating DisorderArmsVortioxetine, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

548 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,330 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Emotion-Related Treatments in Patients With Binge Eating Episodes-a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 18 institutions in 13 countries.

Ronald C KesslerDepartment of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ncs@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Patricia A Berglund
Wai Tat Chiu
Anne C Deitz
James I Hudson
Victoria Shahly
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
Jordi Alonso
Matthias C Angermeyer
Corina Benjet
Ronny Bruffaerts
Giovanni de Girolamo
Ron de Graaf
Josep Maria Haro
Viviane Kovess-Masfety
Siobhan O'Neill
Jose Posada-Villa
Carmen Sasu
Kate Scott
Maria Carmen Viana
Miguel Xavier
Harvard University · USCentro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli · ITInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría · MXInstitut thématique Santé Publique · FRKU Leuven · BEMcLean Hospital · USNational School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development · ROParc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu · ESPompeu Fabra University · ESPontificia Universidad Javeriana · COTakeda (United States) · USTrimbos Institute · NLUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo · BRUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Otago · NZUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

EPIDEMIOLOGY-- NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATIONU01MH060220 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI KESSLER, RONALD C · 1999 to 2010
$18.7M
Risk Factors for Psychopathology in the WHO WMH SurveysR01MH070884 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI KESSLER, RONALD C · 2005 to 2009
$6.0M
Social Role Disability and Mental-Physical Co-MorbidityR01MH069864 · NIMH · KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON · PI VON KORFF, MICHAEL R · 2004 to 2007
$2.2M
COMORBID MENTAL DISORDERS IN PERIODS OF SOCIAL DISRUPTIOR01MH061905 · NIMH · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI BROMET, EVELYN J · 2000 to 2004
$1.7M
CROSS-NATIONAL STUDIES OF DRUG INVOLVEMENT: WMH2000R01DA016558 · NIDA · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ANTHONY, JAMES CHRISTOPHER · 2003 to 2008
$1.7M
Drug Dependence Epidemiology and EnviromicsK05DA015799 · NIDA · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ANTHONY, JAMES CHRISTOPHER · 2003 to 2015
$1.4M
World Mental Health Consortium Annual Meeting 2003-07R13MH066849 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HEERINGA, STEVEN G · 2003 to 2007
$735k
Lebanon-Epidemiology: The NCS Replication StudyR03TW006481 · FIC · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI KESSLER, RONALD C · 2004 to 2006
$142k
FIC NIH HHS R03 TW006481FIC NIH HHS R03-TW006481NIDA NIH HHS K05 DA015799NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA016558NIDA NIH HHS R01-DA016558NIMH NIH HHS HHSN271200700030CNIMH NIH HHS R01 MH061905NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH069864NIMH NIH HHS R01-MH069864NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH070884NIMH NIH HHS R01-MH070884NIMH NIH HHS R01-MH61905NIMH NIH HHS R13 MH066849NIMH NIH HHS R13-MH066849NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH060220NIMH NIH HHS U01-MH60220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLittle population-based data exist outside the United States on the epidemiology of binge eating disorder (BED). Cross-national BED data are presented here and compared with bulimia nervosa (BN) data in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health Surveys.

methodsCommunity surveys with 24,124 respondents (ages 18+) across 14 mostly upper-middle and high-income countries assessed lifetime and 12-month DSM-IV mental disorders with the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Physical disorders were assessed with a chronic conditions checklist.

resultsCountry-specific lifetime prevalence estimates are consistently (median; interquartile range) higher for BED (1.4%; .8-1.9%) than BN (.8%; .4-1.0%). Median age of onset is in the late teens to early 20s for both disorders but slightly younger for BN. Persistence is slightly higher for BN (6.5 years; 2.2-15.4) than BED (4.3 years; 1.0-11.7). Lifetime risk of both disorders is elevated for women and recent cohorts. Retrospective reports suggest that comorbid DSM-IV disorders predict subsequent onset of BN somewhat more strongly than BED and that BN predicts subsequent comorbid disorders somewhat more strongly than does BED. Significant comorbidities with physical conditions are due almost entirely to BN and to a somewhat lesser degree BED predicting subsequent onset of these conditions. Role impairments are similar for BN and BED. Fewer than half of lifetime BN or BED cases receive treatment.

conclusionsBinge eating disorder represents a public health problem at least equal to BN. Low treatment rates highlight the clinical importance of questioning patients about eating problems even when not included among presenting complaints.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAge of OnsetBinge-Eating DisorderBulimiaBulimia NervosaComorbidityFemaleHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk FactorsWorld Health Organization

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