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Robert L. Spitzer
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 3
Citations - 1078
Robert L. Spitzer is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Bulimia nervosa. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 1058 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert L. Spitzer include New York State Department of Mental Hygiene.
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Binge eating disorder: A multisite field trial of the diagnostic criteria
Robert L. Spitzer,Michael Devlin,B. Timothy Walsh,Deborah S. Hasin,Rena R. Wing,Marsha D. Marcus,Albert Stunkard,Thomas A. Wadden,Susan Yanovski,Stewart Agras,James Mitchell,R.D. Cathy A. Nonas M.S. +11 more
TL;DR: The results of a multisite field trial indicate that the binge eating disorder is common among subjects attending hospital-affiliated weight control programs, but is relatively rare in the community.
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Binge eating disorder should be included in DSM-IV: a reply to Fairburn et al.'s "the classification of recurrent overeating: the binge eating disorder proposal".
Robert L. Spitzer,Albert Stunkard,Susan Yanovski,Marsha D. Marcus,Thomas A. Wadden,Rena R. Wing,James Mitchell,Deborah S. Hasin +7 more
TL;DR: Against any reasonable standard for adding a new diagnosis for binge eating disorder to DSM-IV, BED meets the test.