Childhood emotional abuse and neglect in obese patients with and without binge eating disorder: Personality and psychopathology correlates in adulthood.

The association between traumatic experiences in childhood and obesity in adulthood has been confirmed independently of the type of trauma. Therapists should take into account the traumatic etiology of BED, in particular psychological abuse, even in those patients who do not recall physical or sexual abuses. Specific techniques to approach traumatic experiences could be applied to BED or non-BED patients.