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Deborah L. Reas is affiliated with Oslo University Hospital in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical psychology. Their work intersects several subfields, including surgery, sociology and political science, psychiatry and mental health, and pharmacy.

The main topics of Deborah L. Reas's research include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

They have contributed to numerous papers, including the following recent publications:

  • "Exploring the experience of being viewed as "not sick enough": a qualitative study of women recovered from anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa," 2021, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Psychotherapy and Medications for Eating Disorders: Better Together?," 2020, Clinical Therapeutics
  • "Co-occurrence of nonsuicidal self-injury and eating disorder pathology in adolescents," 2022, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Clinicians as a critical link: Understanding health professionals' beliefs and attitudes toward anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder," 2021, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • "Trends in the Observed Versus Expected Incidence of Eating Disorders Before, During, and After the COVID−19 Pandemic: A National Patient Registry Study," 2025, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Rasmus Isomaa
  • Kjersti S. Gulliksen
  • Johanna Levallius
  • Selma Øverland Lie
  • Tom Mala

Deborah L. Reas has published regularly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Clinical Therapeutics
  • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • European Eating Disorders Review

Best Publications

  • Long-term prognosis in anorexia nervosa: lessons from a 21-year follow-up study

    Stephan Zipfel;Bernd Löwe;Deborah Lynn Reas;Hans-Christian Deter

  • Long-term outcome of anorexia nervosa in a prospective 21-year follow-up study.

    B. Löwe;S. Zipfel;C. Buchholz;Y. Dupont

  • Development of the body checking questionnaire: a self-report measure of body checking behaviors.

    Deborah L. Reas;Brooke L Whisenhunt;Rick Netemeyer;Donald A. Williamson;Donald A. Williamson

  • Cognitive bias in eating disorders: implications for theory and treatment.

    Donald A. Williamson;Stephanie L. Muller;Deborah L. Reas;Jean M. Thaw

  • Assessing worry in older adults: confirmatory factor analysis of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire and psychometric properties of an abbreviated model.

    Derek R. Hopko;Melinda A. Stanley;Deborah L. Reas;Julie Loebach Wetherell

  • Reliability of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in patients with binge eating disorder.

    Deborah L. Reas;Carlos M. Grilo;Robin M. Masheb

  • Factor structure and construct validity of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire in college students: further support for a modified brief version.

    Carlos M. Grilo;Deborah L. Reas;Christopher J. Hopwood;Ross D. Crosby

  • Review and Meta-analysis of Pharmacotherapy for Binge-eating Disorder

    Deborah L. Reas;Carlos M. Grilo

  • Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in Norwegian Adults: Discrimination between Female Controls and Eating Disorder Patients

    Øyvind Rø;Deborah L. Reas;Kristin Stedal

  • Body image assessment for obesity (BIA-O) : development of a new procedure

    DA Williamson;LG Womble;NL Zucker;DL Reas

  • Duration of illness predicts outcome for bulimia nervosa: A long-term follow-up study

    Deborah L. Reas;Donald A. Williamson;Donald A. Williamson;Corby K. Martin;Nancy L. Zucker

  • Day hospitalization programs for eating disorders: a systematic review of the literature.

    Stephan Zipfel;Deborah L. Reas;Chris Thornton;Marion P. Olmsted

  • Concurrent Validity of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test among Psychiatric Inpatients

    J. Ray Hays;Deborah L. Reas;J. Bryant Shaw

  • Body checking and avoidance in overweight patients with binge eating disorder.

    Deborah L. Reas;Carlos M. Grilo;Robin M. Masheb;G. Terence Wilson

  • The impact of age and BMI on Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) scores in a community sample.

    Øyvind Rø;Deborah L. Reas;Jan Rosenvinge

  • Pharmacological treatment of binge eating disorder: update review and synthesis

    Deborah L Reas;Carlos M Grilo

  • Body checking and avoidance and the core features of eating disorders among obese men and women seeking bariatric surgery.

    Carlos M. Grilo;Deborah L. Reas;Michelle L. Brody;Carolyn H. Burke-Martindale

  • Job demands, job control, and mental health in an 11-year follow-up study: normal and reversed relationships.

    Odd Steffen Dalgard;Tom Sørensen;Inger Sandanger;Jan F. Nygard

  • Timing and sequence of the onset of overweight, dieting, and binge eating in overweight patients with binge eating disorder.

    Deborah L. Reas;Carlos M. Grilo

  • Norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire among female university students in Norway

    Oyvind Rø;Deborah L Reas;Bryan Lask

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos M. Grilo
Carlos M. Grilo Yale University
Donald A. Williamson
Donald A. Williamson Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Stephan Zipfel
Stephan Zipfel University of Tübingen
Robin M. Masheb
Robin M. Masheb Yale University
Sigmund Karterud
Sigmund Karterud University of Oslo
Jan H. Rosenvinge
Jan H. Rosenvinge University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Julie Loebach Wetherell
Julie Loebach Wetherell University of California, San Diego
Diane M. Novy
Diane M. Novy The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bernd Löwe
Bernd Löwe Universität Hamburg
Oddgeir Friborg
Oddgeir Friborg University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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