Activity of Brainal Behavioral Systems in Patients with Binge Eating Disorder, Addiction and Normal People

The aim of this study was to investigate the activity of brainal behavioral systems in patients with binge eating disorder, addiction and normal people. The present study was describes causal comparison, the statistical population included all people with binge eating disorder who referred to counseling centers as well as all individuals with addiction of counseling centers and Narcotics Anonymous in Arak city in the second half of 1395. Among them three groups of 32 individuals, including patients with bulimia, drug addiction and normal were selected through purposive sampling method and with respect to inclusion and exclusion criteria.Gurmally overeating scales and Jacsons's five-factor Inventory were applied to collect data. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics including MANOVA and Tukey. The results of data analysis indicated that groups with overeating and addiction in activation and freezing system, are not significantly different from each other. Behavioral activation system and freezing are transdiagnosis processes in addiction and binge eating disorders which have critical roles in the creation and persistence of the disorder.