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Overview

W. Stewart Agras is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans several subfields including Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The primary topics of their research explore Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Mental Health Research Topics, Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies, Impact of Technology on Adolescents, and Mental Health via Writing.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with W. Stewart Agras include researchers from the University of Boston, University of York, University of Stanford, University of Diego, and Guido Frank.

Research publications are often found in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Psychological Medicine
  • npj Digital Medicine
  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by W. Stewart Agras include:

  • "Machine learning enhances prediction of illness course: a longitudinal study in eating disorders," 2020, Psychological Medicine
  • "Assessing the accuracy of automatic speech recognition for psychotherapy," 2020, npj Digital Medicine
  • "Not all body image constructs are created equal: Predicting eating disorder outcomes from preoccupation, dissatisfaction, and overvaluation," 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Eating Disorders," 2021, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • "Perfectionism, anorexia nervosa, and family treatment: How perfectionism changes throughout treatment and predicts outcomes," 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

  • Mediators and Moderators of Treatment Effects in Randomized Clinical Trials

    Helena Chmura Kraemer;G. Terence Wilson;Christopher G. Fairburn;W. Stewart Agras

  • Coming to Terms With Risk Factors for Eating Disorders: Application of Risk Terminology and Suggestions for a General Taxonomy

    Corinna Jacobi;Chris Hayward;Martina de Zwaan;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Dialectical behavior therapy for binge eating disorder.

    Christy F. Telch;W. Stewart Agras;Marsha M. Linehan

  • The Emotional Eating Scale: the development of a measure to assess coping with negative affect by eating

    Bruce Arnow;Justin Kenardy;W. Stewart Agras

  • A Multicenter Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Bulimia Nervosa

    W. Stewart Agras;B. Timothy Walsh;Christopher G. Fairburn;G. Terence Wilson

  • Randomized clinical trial comparing family-based treatment with adolescent-focused individual therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

    James Lock;Daniel Le Grange;W. Stewart Agras;Ann Moye

  • Predicting onset and cessation of bulimic behaviors during adolescence: A longitudinal grouping analysis

    Eric Stice;W. Stewart Agras

  • Risk factors for childhood overweight: A prospective study from birth to 9.5 years

    W.Stewart Agras;Lawrence D. Hammer;Fiona McNicholas;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa

    Debra L. Safer;Christy F. Telch;W. Stewart Agras

  • Psychological Treatments of Binge Eating Disorder

    G. Terence Wilson;Denise E. Wilfley;W. Stewart Agras;Susan W. Bryson

  • A Comparison of Short- and Long-Term Family Therapy for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

    James Lock;W. Stewart Agras;Susan Bryson;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Picky eating during childhood: a longitudinal study to age 11 years

    Anthony J. Mascola;Susan W. Bryson;W. Stewart Agras

  • Outcome predictors for the cognitive behavior treatment of bulimia nervosa : Data from a multisite study

    W. S. Agras;Scott J Crow;K. A. Halmi;J. E. Mitchell

  • Dissonance prevention program decreases thin-ideal internalization, body dissatisfaction, dieting, negative affect, and bulimic symptoms: A preliminary experiment.

    Eric Stice;Lindsay Mazotti;David Weibel;W. Stewart Agras

  • Predictors of Treatment Acceptance and Completion in Anorexia Nervosa: Implications for Future Study Designs

    Katherine A. Halmi;W. Stewart Agras;Scott Crow;James Mitchell

  • Binge eating among the obese: a descriptive study.

    Bruce Arnow;Justin Kenardy;W. Stewart Agras

  • Exposure to media-portrayed thin-ideal images adversely affects vulnerable girls: A longitudinal experiment.

    Eric Stice;Diane Spangler;W. Stewart Agras

  • Behavioral validation, precursors, and concomitants of picky eating in childhood.

    Corinna Jacobi;W. Stewart Agras;Susan Bryson;Lawrence D. Hammer

  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa: time course and mechanisms of change.

    G. Terence Wilson;Christopher C. Fairburn;W. Stewart Agras;B. Timothy Walsh

  • The clinical significance of binge eating disorder.

    Denise E. Wilfley;G. Terence Wilson;W. Stewart Agras

  • The effects of caloric deprivation and negative affect on binge eating in obese binge-eating disordered women

    W. Stewart Agras;Christy F. Telch

Frequent Co-Authors

Helena C. Kraemer
Helena C. Kraemer Stanford University
Christy F. Telch
Christy F. Telch Stanford University
G. Terence Wilson
G. Terence Wilson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
C. Barr Taylor
C. Barr Taylor Stanford University
Denise E. Wilfley
Denise E. Wilfley Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
Bruce A. Arnow
Bruce A. Arnow Stanford University
Harold Leitenberg
Harold Leitenberg University of Vermont
Booil Jo
Booil Jo Stanford University
Eric Stice
Eric Stice Stanford University

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