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Carlos M. Grilo

Carlos M. Grilo

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Psychology

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128
Citations
55158
World Ranking
189
National Ranking
119

Medicine

D-Index
128
Citations
54941
World Ranking
2736
National Ranking
1529

Overview

Carlos M. Grilo is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has an extensive publication record focused primarily on eating disorders, obesity, and clinical psychology. Their research spans psychology and medicine, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology as a subfield.

Grilo's recent notable papers include:

  • Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in the ICD-11: an international perspective on key changes and controversies (2020, BMC Medicine)
  • Eating Disorder Examination - Questionnaire short forms: A comparison (2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • A developmental framework of binge-eating disorder based on pediatric loss of control eating (2020, American Psychologist)
  • Naltrexone-Bupropion and Behavior Therapy, Alone and Combined, for Binge-Eating Disorder: Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial (2022, American Journal of Psychiatry)
  • Randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of adaptive "SMART" stepped-care treatment for adults with binge-eating disorder comorbid with obesity (2020, American Psychologist)

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Frequent coauthors in Grilo's publications include Valentina Ivezaj, Janet A. Lydecker, Ralitza Gueorguieva, Sydney Yurkow, and Marney A. White.

Grilo often publishes in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Obesity
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Their work significantly contributes to understanding clinical aspects and treatments related to eating disorders and obesity. The scope of published research demonstrates contributions to both psychological and medical fields, with a strong clinical psychology focus, addressing both behavioral and physiological health practices.

Best Publications

  • The Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study: reliability of axis I and II diagnoses.

    Mary C. Zanarini;Andrew E. Skodol;Donna S. Bender;Regina T. Dolan

  • Ten-Year Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: Psychopathology and Function From the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study

    John G Gunderson;Robert L. Stout;Thomas H. McGlashan;M. Tracie Shea;M. Tracie Shea

  • Functional impairment in patients with schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

    Andrew E. Skodol;John G. Gunderson;Thomas H. McGlashan;Ingrid R. Dyck

  • Psychological treatment of eating disorders.

    G. Terence Wilson;Carlos M. Grilo;Kelly M. Vitousek

  • Prevalence and Correlates of DSM-5-Defined Eating Disorders in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults

    Tomoko Udo;Carlos M. Grilo

  • Putative contributors to the secular increase in obesity: exploring the roads less traveled

    S W Keith;D T Redden;P T Katzmarzyk;M M Boggiano

  • The Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study: baseline Axis I/II and II/II diagnostic co-occurrence.

    Thomas H. McGlashan;C. M. Grilo;A. E. Skodol;J. G. Gunderson

  • The collaborative longitudinal personality disorders study (CLPS): Overview and implications

    Andrew E. Skodol;John G. Gunderson;M. Tracie Shea;Thomas H. McGlashan

  • Childhood maltreatment associated with adult personality disorders: findings from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study

    Cynthia L. Battle;M. Tracie Shea;Dawn M. Johnson;Shirley Yen

  • An examination of the food addiction construct in obese patients with binge eating disorder

    Ashley N. Gearhardt;Marney A. White;Robin M. Masheb;Peter T. Morgan

  • Sociocultural influences on eating attitudes and behaviors, body image, and psychological functioning: A comparison of African‐American, Asian‐American, and Caucasian college women

    E B A Gloria Akan;Carlos M. Grilo

  • Emotional overeating and its associations with eating disorder psychopathology among overweight patients with Binge eating disorder

    Robin M. Masheb;Carlos M. Grilo

  • Two-Year Prevalence and Stability of Individual DSM-IV Criteria for Schizotypal, Borderline, Avoidant, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders: Toward a Hybrid Model of Axis II Disorders

    Thomas H. McGlashan;Carlos M. Grilo;Charles A. Sanislow;Elizabeth Ralevski

  • Personality Assessment in DSM--5: Empirical support for rating Severity, Style, and Traits

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Johanna C. Malone;Emily B. Ansell;Charles A. Sanislow

  • Can Food be Addictive? Public Health and Policy Implications

    Ashley N. Gearhardt;Carlos M. Grilo;Ralph J. DiLeone;Kelly D. Brownell

  • Stability of functional impairment in patients with schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder over two years

    Andrew E. Skodol;Maria E. Pagano;Donna S. Bender;M. Tracie Shea

  • A comparison of different methods for assessing the features of eating disorders in patients with binge eating disorder.

    Carlos M. Grilo;Robin M. Masheb;G. Terence Wilson

  • Psychiatric and medical correlates of DSM-5 eating disorders in a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States.

    Tomoko Udo;Carlos M. Grilo

  • Confirmatory factor analysis of DSM-IV criteria for borderline personality disorder: findings from the collaborative longitudinal personality disorders study.

    Charles A. Sanislow;Carlos M. Grilo;Leslie C. Morey;Donna S. Bender

  • DSM-IV Psychiatric Disorder Comorbidity and Its Correlates in Binge Eating Disorder

    Carlos M. Grilo;Marney A. White;Robin M. Masheb

  • Teasing, body image, and self-esteem in a clinical sample of obese women☆

    Carlos M. Grilo;Denise E. Wilfley;Kelly D. Brownell;Judith Rodin

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin M. Masheb
Robin M. Masheb Yale University
Thomas H. McGlashan
Thomas H. McGlashan Yale University
Marney A. White
Marney A. White Yale University
Charles A. Sanislow
Charles A. Sanislow Wesleyan University
John G. Gunderson
John G. Gunderson Harvard University
M. Tracie Shea
M. Tracie Shea Brown University
Mary C. Zanarini
Mary C. Zanarini Harvard University
Leslie C. Morey
Leslie C. Morey Texas A&M University
Shirley Yen
Shirley Yen Harvard Medical School
Andrew E. Skodol
Andrew E. Skodol University of Arizona

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