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Overview

Susan M. Byrne is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the study of eating disorders and related psychological and medical conditions.

The main fields of study for this researcher include Psychology and Medicine, with a notable emphasis on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health as subfields. Other subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pharmacy.

The prominent topics in their research cover:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies

Frequent collaborators of this researcher include Stephen Touyz, Phillipa Hay, Sarah Maguire, Emma Bryant, and Danielle Maloney.

The researcher's publications have appeared in several academic journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • The Lancet Psychiatry

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by the researcher include:

  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature, 2022, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review, 2023, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for the treatment of adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research, 2023, Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Epidemiology of eating disorders: population, prevalence, disease burden and quality of life informing public policy in Australia-a rapid review, 2023, Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

  • Weight maintenance and relapse in obesity: A qualitative study

    S Byrne;Z Cooper;C Fairburn

  • The role of family and maternal factors in childhood obesity

    Lisa Y Gibson;Susan M Byrne;Susan M Byrne;Elizabeth A Davis;Eve Blair

  • DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5 eating disorders in adolescents: prevalence, stability, and psychosocial correlates in a population-based sample of male and female adolescents.

    Karina L. Allen;Susan M. Byrne;Wendy H. Oddy;Ross D. Crosby

  • Elite athletes: effects of the pressure to be thin.

    Susan Byrne;Neil Mclean

  • Testing a new cognitive behavioural treatment for obesity: A randomized controlled trial with three-year follow-up

    Zafra Cooper;Helen A. Doll;Deborah M. Hawker;Susan Byrne

  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature

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  • The effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders: An open trial.

    Susan M. Byrne;Anthea Fursland;Karina L. Allen;Hunna Watson

  • Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review

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  • Eating disorders in athletes: a review of the literature.

    Susan Byrne;Neil McLean

  • Psychological predictors of weight regain in obesity

    Susan M. Byrne;Zafra Cooper;Christopher G. Fairburn

  • The relationship between social media use and disordered eating in young adolescents

    Simon M. Wilksch;Anne O'Shea;Pheobe Ho;Sue Byrne

  • A randomised controlled trial of three psychological treatments for anorexia nervosa.

    S. Byrne;Tracey D. Wade;P. Hay;S. Touyz

  • Increasing body mass index z-score is continuously associated with complications of overweight in children, even in the healthy weight range.

    Lana M. Bell;Sue Byrne;Sue Byrne;Alisha Thompson;Nirubasini Ratnam

  • Body dissatisfaction and the effects of perceptual exposure on body norms and ideals.

    Rebecca Glauert;Gillian Rhodes;Sue Byrne;Bernhard Fink

  • Clustering of psychosocial symptoms in overweight children.

    Lisa Y. Gibson;Susan M. Byrne;Eve Blair;Elizabeth A. Davis

  • Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for the treatment of adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

    M Solmi;T D Wade;S Byrne;C Del Giovane

  • The psychosocial burden of childhood overweight and obesity: evidence for persisting difficulties in boys and girls

    Lisa Y. Gibson;Karina L. Allen;Elizabeth Davis;Eve Blair

  • Prevention Across the Spectrum: a randomized controlled trial of three programs to reduce risk factors for both eating disorders and obesity

    S.M. Wilksch;S.J. Paxton;Susan Byrne;S.B. Austin

  • The eating disorder examination: Norms and construct validity with young and middle adolescent girls

    Tracey D. Wade;Susan Byrne;Rachel Bryant-Waugh

  • Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research

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  • Why do some overweight children experience psychological problems? The role of weight and shape concern

    Karina L. Allen;Susan M. Byrne;Susan M. Byrne;Eve M. Blair;Elizabeth A. Davis

  • Overconcern with weight and shape is not the same as body dissatisfaction: evidence from a prospective study of pre-adolescent boys and girls.

    Karina L. Allen;Susan M. Byrne;Susan M. Byrne;Neil J. McLean;Elizabeth A. Davis

  • The onset and course of binge eating in 8- to 13-year-old healthy weight, overweight and obese children.

    Karina L. Allen;Susan M. Byrne;Susan M. Byrne;Michelle La Puma;Neil McLean

  • Confirmatory factor analysis of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q)

    Karina L. Allen;Susan M. Byrne;Susan M. Byrne;Amy Lampard;Hunna Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Karina L. Allen
Karina L. Allen King's College London
Tracey D. Wade
Tracey D. Wade Flinders University
Hunna J. Watson
Hunna J. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Susan J. Paxton
Susan J. Paxton La Trobe University
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Stephen Touyz
Stephen Touyz University of Sydney
Ulrike Schmidt
Ulrike Schmidt King's College London
Deborah Mitchison
Deborah Mitchison University of Technology Sydney
Christopher G. Fairburn
Christopher G. Fairburn University of Oxford
Peter M. McEvoy
Peter M. McEvoy Curtin University

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