Status of Women committee  There should be funded treatment programs for binge-eating disorder. I've run three clinical trials funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ontario Mental Health Foundation. These are research-funded trials, psychotherapy trials for binge-eating disorder. As soon as we advertise that there is a clinical trial open for binge-eating disorder, we're overwhelmed.

Status of Women committee  How effective is it for eating disorders? Cognitive behavioural therapy is the treatment that has the most research behind it. There are other treatments that are variously effective as well, but not as well researched. I would say my reading of the literature is that probably, in terms of bulimia nervosa, about 50% of the patients get better through cognitive behavioural therapy or other treatments that have some evidence base to them.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for inviting us today. The Canadian Psychological Association is the national association for psychology in Canada. There are approximately 18,000 psychologists in Canada, making up the largest group of regulated specialized mental health care providers in the country.