Pla Sanjuanelo, JoanaFerrer, Marta (Ferrer García)Vilalta-Abella, FerranRiva, GiuseppeDakanalis, AntoniosRibas Sabaté, JoanAndreu Gracia, AlexisFernández Aranda, FernandoSánchez Zaplana, IsabelEscandón-Nagel, NeliGómez-Tricio, OsaneTena, VirginiaGutiérrez Maldonado, José2021-03-232021-03-2320171554-8716https://hdl.handle.net/2445/175577Abstract. Treatment guidelines recommend antidepressant medication for bulimictype eating disorders either as an alternative to or in combination with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This study compared the efficacy of two second-line treatments of patients with bulimic-type eating disorders resistant to CBT: virtual realitybased cue-exposure therapy (VR-CET) alone or VR-CET in combination with pharmacotherapy. Results showed that bingeing episodes, bulimic symptomatology (the bulimia EDI-3 score) and food cravings (FCQ-T/S) were significantly reduced after both interventions. However, no significant differences were found between the combined intervention and VR-CET alone. Improvements from the treatments continued at the 6month follow-up. Our results support the use of VR-CET as an effective treatment of bulimic-type eating disorders, reducing bulimic symptoms and food cravings. The addition of antidepressants to VR-CET does not provide any additional benefit.7 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd (c) Interactive Media Institute, 2017http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esRealitat virtualTrastorns de la conducta alimentàriaVirtual realityEating disordersinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6756742021-03-23info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess