Janet Treasure
Biographic Data
| ID | 180989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Treasure |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Treasure |
| SIGNATURE | TREASURE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0871-4596 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Case report
These findings suggest that (es)ketamine may reduce depressive symptoms in people with major depressive disorder and a comorbid diagnosis of AN. Future feasibility and pilot trials are warranted in order to elicit robust data on efficacy, acceptability, safety and tolerability
Food-related aversion in a female sample of people with anorexia nervosa
OBJECTIVE: Food-related anxiety and avoidance are key features of anorexia nervosa, and among the most arduous maintaining processes to address in treatment. This study gathered information on the behavioural and cognitive correlates of food-related anxiety, including their associations with early experiences of aversive learning related to food, and more general anxiety. METHODS: One-hundred and forty-four patients with anorexia nervosa were rec…
I change my mind to get better
Food choice and its underlying processes is understudied in bulimia nervosa (BN) and anorexia nervosa (AN). Thus, we examined cognitive processes during food choice through mouse tracing in AN (n = 36) and BN (n = 27) undergoing inpatient treatment. Both patient groups and matched healthy controls (HC, n = 59) made 153 binary food choices before rating all foods on their liking and calorie density. Choice outcomes and corresponding mouse movement…
App-based food-specific inhibitory control training as an adjunct to treatment as usual in binge-type eating disorders
App-based food-specific inhibitory control training as an adjunct to treatment as usual in binge-type eating disorders
Current treatments for binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN) only show moderate efficacy, warranting the need for novel interventions. Impairments in food-related inhibitory control contribute to BED/BN and could be targeted by food-specific inhibitory control training (ICT). The aim of this study was to establish the feasibility and acceptability of augmenting treatment for individuals with BN/BED with an ICT app (FoodT), which ta…
Emotional regulation in eating disorders and gambling disorder
Does a Skills Intervention for Parents Have a Positive Impact on Adolescents’ Anorexia Nervosa Outcome? Answers from a Quasi-Randomised Feasibility Trial of Succeat
Skills trainings for caregivers of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) have been proven to be effective in improving caregiver skills and reducing caregivers' psychopathology. The effects on patients, especially adolescents, are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a caregivers' skills training program (Supporting Carers of Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders in Austria, SUCCEAT, workshop or onlin…
Characterising binge eating over the course of a feasibility trial among individuals with binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa
Binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa are eating disorders that are characterized by recurrent binge eating episodes. The highly contextualized nature of binge eating makes naturalistic research a particularly suitable means of understanding the context within which binge eating occurs. The present study aimed to characterise binge eating days with regards to the frequency and probability of negative affect, food craving, meal skipping, and d…
Inhibitory control training as a smartphone intervention for binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN)
Eating disorders
Basal ganglia volume and shape in anorexia nervosa
BACKGROUND: Reward-centred models have proposed that anomalies in the basal ganglia circuitry that underlies reward learning and habit formation perpetuate anorexia nervosa (AN). The present study aimed to investigate the volume and shape of key basal ganglia regions, including the bilateral caudate, putamen, nucleus accumbens (NAcc), and globus pallidus in AN. METHODS: The present study combined data from two existing studies resulting in a samp…
The use of a positive mood induction video-clip to target eating behaviour in people with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder
Social Difficulties As Risk and Maintaining Factors in Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious psychiatric disorder characterized by severe restriction of energy intake and dangerously low body weight. Other domains of functioning are affected, including social functioning. Although difficulties within this domain have started to be acknowledged by the literature, some important gaps remain to be filled. Do social difficulties predate the onset of the illness? What difficulties in particular are relevant …
Eating Disorders Impact on Vigilance and Decision Making of a Community Sample of Treatment Naive Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Young Adults
Although impulsivity is suggested as a possible link to explain the association of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with an Eating Disorder (ED), there is little research on how clinical and cognitive/neuropsychological functioning might change when this comorbidity occurs. ADHD individuals are at a higher of developing ED and also obesity. Some research has described the impact of ADHD in clinical treatment-seeking samples of ED p…
Response bias to a randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle intervention in people at high risk of cardiovascular disease
ISRCTN, ISRCTN84864870. Registered 15 May 2012, https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN84864870
Skills-based caring for a loved one with an eating disorder
The effects of negative and positive mood induction on eating behaviour
Novel methods to help develop healthier eating habits. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Dysfunctional reward processes in eating disorders
A new social-family model for eating disorders
Gender differences found in a qualitative study of a disordered eating prevention programme
Qualitative studies examining gender differences of eating disorder prevention programmes are scarce. We aimed to evaluate gender differences in adolescents who participated in a larger study on effectiveness of a disordered eating prevention programme. Perceptions of eating, female and male aesthetic models, media influences, prevention programmes and emerging topics from 12 school-going boys who received a media-literacy programme ( n = 4), med…
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OBJECTIVES: Markers of prenatal hormone exposure have been associated with the development of eating disorder (ED) behaviors. Our aim was to determine whether 2D:4D ratio, a marker for in utero testosterone exposure, is associated with risk for ED in a large population-based cohort: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). METHODS: This is the first study to investigate prenatal testosterone exposure in children at high-risk …
The use of guided self-help delivered on mobile technology in anorexia nervosa
Meal support using mobile technology in Anorexia Nervosa. Contextual differences between inpatient and outpatient settings
The impact of experimentally-induced positive mood on affect, eating behaviour, and eating-related responses
Constructing ‘the eating disordered patient’1
In this study 39 participants who had all been hospitalized, either in Britain or Australia, at least once for anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia, were interviewed about their experiences of treatment for an eating disorder. Each interview lasted approximately 1 hour and was semi‐structured in nature covering: (i) the beginning of participants' problems and their initial diagnosis; (ii) their history of previous interventions; (iii) their current in…
Attachment research in eating disorders
Aim. In a recent review, disturbances in attachment have been linked with eating disorder symptomatology. However, because of the limitations of study design, few inferences could be drawn about these processes in the aetiology and maintenance of eating disorder. Since that review, there has been further development in the instruments used and the publication of several further studies of attachment processes in eating disorders. We reviewed the …
Qualitative findings in a long-term disordered eating prevention programme follow-up with school-going girls
The assessment of eating disorder prevention-programmes has mainly been addressed quantitatively excluding complexity that may improve prevention. We compared perceptions of eating, female and male aesthetic-models, media influences, prevention-programmes and emerging topics among 12 young females who received a media literacy programme ( N = 4), media literacy plus nutrition awareness programme ( N = 4) or were assigned to a control condition ( …
Low social interactions in eating disorder patients in childhood and adulthood
The objective of this article was to examine lifestyle behaviours in eating disorder (ED) patients and healthy controls. A total of 801 ED patients and 727 healthy controls from five European countries completed the questions related to lifestyle behaviours of the Cross-Cultural Questionnaire (CCQ). For children, the ED sample exhibited more solitary activities (rigorously doing homework [p
App-based food-specific inhibitory control training as an adjunct to treatment as usual in binge-type eating disorders
Current treatments for binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN) only show moderate efficacy, warranting the need for novel interventions. Impairments in food-related inhibitory control contribute to BED/BN and could be targeted by food-specific inhibitory control training (ICT). The aim of this study was to establish the feasibility and acceptability of augmenting treatment for individuals with BN/BED with an ICT app (FoodT), which ta…
A brief emotion focused intervention for inpatients with anorexia nervosa
Cognitive Remediation and Emotion Skills Training (CREST), a brief social cognition intervention, was developed for inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). CREST was piloted and evaluated in 28 Anorexia Nervosa patients on a specialist eating disorder inpatient unit. Content analysis was employed to qualitatively explore patients' experience of the intervention. Results suggest that patients perceived CREST positively. Main themes identified were …
Food-related aversion in a female sample of people with anorexia nervosa
OBJECTIVE: Food-related anxiety and avoidance are key features of anorexia nervosa, and among the most arduous maintaining processes to address in treatment. This study gathered information on the behavioural and cognitive correlates of food-related anxiety, including their associations with early experiences of aversive learning related to food, and more general anxiety. METHODS: One-hundred and forty-four patients with anorexia nervosa were rec…
Individual and family eating patterns during childhood and early adolescence
Psychosocial factors in the onset of eating disorders
A number of studies have proposed a role for stress in the onset of eating disorders. Initially the focus was on the life‐events and difficulties themselves. However, the aim of this study was to examine the coping and support elicited in response to the crises that precipitate onset of eating disorders. Thirty‐two women who had developed an eating disorder within four years of presentation were administered semi‐structured interviews asking abou…
I change my mind to get better
Food choice and its underlying processes is understudied in bulimia nervosa (BN) and anorexia nervosa (AN). Thus, we examined cognitive processes during food choice through mouse tracing in AN (n = 36) and BN (n = 27) undergoing inpatient treatment. Both patient groups and matched healthy controls (HC, n = 59) made 153 binary food choices before rating all foods on their liking and calorie density. Choice outcomes and corresponding mouse movement…
The use of a positive mood induction video-clip to target eating behaviour in people with bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder
Meal support using mobile technology in Anorexia Nervosa. Contextual differences between inpatient and outpatient settings
Attachment in anorexia nervosa
Both clinical and empirical studies suggest that insecure attachment is common in eating disordered populations. Clinical studies have addressed mother‐daughter interactions, but there has been little empirical research into the mother's own attachment patterns and whether there might be intergenerational transmission of these patterns. We aimed to examine the attachment status of patients with severe anorexia nervosa and their mothers, using the…
A new social-family model for eating disorders
Gender differences found in a qualitative study of a disordered eating prevention programme
Qualitative studies examining gender differences of eating disorder prevention programmes are scarce. We aimed to evaluate gender differences in adolescents who participated in a larger study on effectiveness of a disordered eating prevention programme. Perceptions of eating, female and male aesthetic models, media influences, prevention programmes and emerging topics from 12 school-going boys who received a media-literacy programme ( n = 4), med…
Childhood adversity and adult defence style in eating disorder patients—A controlled study
The aims of the study were (1) to compare the defence style of patients with anorexia nervosa with that of patients with bulimia nervosa and of female controls; (2) to establish whether a link exists between childhood adversity and adult defence style in eating disorder patients. Twenty‐six patients with restricting anorexia nervosa (RAN), 61 patients with bulimia nervosa (BN), 37 patients with bulimic anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa with a h…
To change or not to change—‘How’ is the question
The objective was to apply the ‘trans‐theoretical’ model of change to a group of patients with eating disorders. Patients were studied in an in‐patient setting. Two sets of questionnaires were used, one to assess ‘stage’ of change, the other to measure the ‘processes’ used to achieve change. Three stages and eight processes were examined. Thirty‐five patients completed the study. Highest scores were found in the contemplation, and lowest in the p…
Psychosocial factors in the onset of eating disorders
A number of studies have proposed a role for stress in the onset of eating disorders. Initially the focus was on the life‐events and difficulties themselves. However, the aim of this study was to examine the coping and support elicited in response to the crises that precipitate onset of eating disorders. Thirty‐two women who had developed an eating disorder within four years of presentation were administered semi‐structured interviews asking abou…
Attachment research in eating disorders
Aim. In a recent review, disturbances in attachment have been linked with eating disorder symptomatology. However, because of the limitations of study design, few inferences could be drawn about these processes in the aetiology and maintenance of eating disorder. Since that review, there has been further development in the instruments used and the publication of several further studies of attachment processes in eating disorders. We reviewed the …
Attachment in anorexia nervosa
Both clinical and empirical studies suggest that insecure attachment is common in eating disordered populations. Clinical studies have addressed mother‐daughter interactions, but there has been little empirical research into the mother's own attachment patterns and whether there might be intergenerational transmission of these patterns. We aimed to examine the attachment status of patients with severe anorexia nervosa and their mothers, using the…
An Exploration of Eating Disorders in a Georgian Sample
Background: There is debate as to whether eating disorders may be culture-bound. However, accumulating evidence suggests that eating disorders may be found outside of the West, although the precise form of the eating disorder may differ. Aims: There were two aims of this study: (1) to translate and establish the psychometric properties of standard questionnaires to measure eating pathology in a Georgian sample; (2) to use these measures to determ…
Self-reported parental abuse relates to autobiographical memory style in patients with eating disorders
Previous research has shown a relationship between levels of self-reported childhood abuse and overgeneral memory style. This relationship was further clarified in patients with an eating disorder (ED). Patients and healthy controls completed a task in which they had to generate specific autobiographical memories to emotional cue words. The results showed that first, the ED group, relative to the controls, produced more first memories that were "…
Constructing ‘the eating disordered patient’1
In this study 39 participants who had all been hospitalized, either in Britain or Australia, at least once for anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia, were interviewed about their experiences of treatment for an eating disorder. Each interview lasted approximately 1 hour and was semi‐structured in nature covering: (i) the beginning of participants' problems and their initial diagnosis; (ii) their history of previous interventions; (iii) their current in…
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Individual and family eating patterns during childhood and early adolescence
Suicide Attempts in Anorexia Nervosa
OBJECTIVE: To explore prevalence and patterns of suicidal attempts in persons with anorexia nervosa (AN). METHODS: Participants were the first 432 persons (22 male, 410 female) enrolled in the NIH funded Genetics of Anorexia Nervosa Collaborative Study. All participants had current or lifetime AN. The participants ranged in age from 16 to 76 (mean = 30.4, SD = 11.3). Suicidal behavior and intent was assessed via the Diagnostic Interview for Genet…
A Randomized Controlled Two-Stage Trial in the Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa, Comparing CBT Versus Motivational Enhancement in Phase 1 Followed by Group Versus Individual CBT in Phase 2
Objective: To conduct a randomized, controlled, two-stage trial in the treatment of bulimia nervosa, comparing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) versus motivational enhancement in Phase 1 followed by group versus individual CBT in Phase 2. Methods: A total of 225 patients with bulimia nervosa or eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) were recruited into a randomized controlled trial lasting 12 weeks with follow-ups at 1 year and 2.5 yea…
Emotional Theory of Mind and Emotional Awareness in Recovered Anorexia Nervosa Patients
OBJECTIVES: To examine whether an impaired ability to infer emotion in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and difficulty with emotional theory of mind (eToM) are limited to the ill state or if this condition is a stable deficit that persists with recovery in adults with anorexia nervosa (AN). This is in keeping with observations of similarities between the disorders. METHODS: Twenty-four participants fully recovered from AN were compared …
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Anorexia Nervosa
Objectives: Comorbidity among eating disorders, traumatic events, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been reported in several studies. The main objectives of this study were to describe the nature of traumatic events experienced and to explore the relationship between PTSD and anorexia nervosa (AN) in a sample of women. Methods: Eight hundred twenty-four participants from the National Institutes of Health-funded Genetics of Anorexia Ner…
A brief emotion focused intervention for inpatients with anorexia nervosa
Cognitive Remediation and Emotion Skills Training (CREST), a brief social cognition intervention, was developed for inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN). CREST was piloted and evaluated in 28 Anorexia Nervosa patients on a specialist eating disorder inpatient unit. Content analysis was employed to qualitatively explore patients' experience of the intervention. Results suggest that patients perceived CREST positively. Main themes identified were …
Subliminal food images compromise superior working memory performance in women with restricting anorexia nervosa
Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e)
Easy to read and illustrated with many real-life examples, this book addresses the specific problems faced on a daily basis by bulimia sufferers. The only self-help programme that has been evaluated in a randomised controlled trial, it provides detailed step-by-step advice for dealing with this condition. Unlike other less problem-oriented books currently available on the subject, this book concentrates on the key behaviour changes necessary for …
The use of guided self-help delivered on mobile technology in anorexia nervosa
Meal support using mobile technology in Anorexia Nervosa. Contextual differences between inpatient and outpatient settings
The impact of experimentally-induced positive mood on affect, eating behaviour, and eating-related responses
Low social interactions in eating disorder patients in childhood and adulthood
The objective of this article was to examine lifestyle behaviours in eating disorder (ED) patients and healthy controls. A total of 801 ED patients and 727 healthy controls from five European countries completed the questions related to lifestyle behaviours of the Cross-Cultural Questionnaire (CCQ). For children, the ED sample exhibited more solitary activities (rigorously doing homework [p
Qualitative findings in a long-term disordered eating prevention programme follow-up with school-going girls
The assessment of eating disorder prevention-programmes has mainly been addressed quantitatively excluding complexity that may improve prevention. We compared perceptions of eating, female and male aesthetic-models, media influences, prevention-programmes and emerging topics among 12 young females who received a media literacy programme ( N = 4), media literacy plus nutrition awareness programme ( N = 4) or were assigned to a control condition ( …
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OBJECTIVES: Markers of prenatal hormone exposure have been associated with the development of eating disorder (ED) behaviors. Our aim was to determine whether 2D:4D ratio, a marker for in utero testosterone exposure, is associated with risk for ED in a large population-based cohort: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). METHODS: This is the first study to investigate prenatal testosterone exposure in children at high-risk …
The effects of negative and positive mood induction on eating behaviour
Novel methods to help develop healthier eating habits. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Psychology (38 works) · Eating disorders (37 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (36 works) · Clinical Psychology (33 works) · Psychiatry (31 works) · Medicine (26 works) · Anorexia nervosa (20 works) · Bulimia nervosa (16 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (12 works)