Carlos Grilo
Yale University · Department of Psychology
Active 1989–2026
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About
Carlos M. Grilo, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Yale University. He is also the Director of the Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research (POWER) at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Grilo completed his undergraduate education at Brown University in 1983 and earned his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1991. His training includes an internship and fellowship at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, as well as postdoctoral training at Yale University in 1992. Following his training, he joined the faculty at Yale University and served as Director of Psychology at the Yale Psychiatric Institute from 1993 to 2000. Dr. Grilo's primary research focus is on eating disorders and obesity, with secondary interests in personality disorders and psychopathology. He has been the recipient of numerous research grants and has served as Principal Investigator on nine grants from the National Institutes of Health, including a K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award in Eating and Weight Disorders. He currently serves on the editorial boards of seven professional journals and is the Associate Editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Dr. Grilo has published over 350 peer-reviewed journal articles, contributing significantly to the fields of clinical psychology and psychiatry.
Research topics
- Psychology
- Clinical psychology
- Psychiatry
- Medicine
- Developmental psychology
Selected publications
Eating Disorder Examination – Questionnaire short forms: A comparison
International Journal of Eating Disorders · 2020-04-13 · 112 citations
articleOBJECTIVE: The Eating Disorder Examination - Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is a widely used self-report measure of eating-disordered behaviors and attitudes. Recent studies utilizing confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) have proposed alternative and shorter forms. The aim of this study was to compare the full-length version of the EDE-Q and several proposed short forms (7-item, 8-item, and 18-item) in terms of their psychometric properties, including concurrent, convergent and discriminant validity, facto…
A developmental framework of binge-eating disorder based on pediatric loss of control eating.
American Psychologist · 2020-02-01 · 109 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorAlthough binge-eating disorder may manifest in childhood, a significantly larger proportion of youth report episodes involving a loss of control while eating, the hallmark feature of binge eating that predicts excess weight gain and obesity. Adults with binge-eating disorder often report that symptoms emerged during childhood or adolescence, suggesting that a developmental perspective of binge eating may be warranted. Thus, loss of control eating may be a marker of prodromal binge-eating disorde…
American Psychologist · 2020-02-01 · 76 citations
articleOpen access1st authorThis randomized controlled trial (RCT) tested effectiveness of adaptive SMART stepped-care treatment to "standard" behavioral weight loss (BWL [standard]) for patients with binge-eating disorder (BED) and obesity. One hundred ninety-one patients were randomly assigned to 6 months of BWL (standard; n = 39) or stepped care (n = 152). Within stepped care, patients started with BWL for 1 month; treatment responders continued BWL, whereas nonresponders switched to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT),…
American Journal of Psychiatry · 2024-12-11 · 15 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingOBJECTIVE: Binge-eating disorder (BED) is a prevalent, costly public health problem associated with serious functional impairments and heightened rates of psychiatric and medical comorbidities. Few evidence-based treatments are currently available for BED. We tested the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), lisdexamfetamine (LDX), and combined CBT+LDX, for BED comorbid with obesity. METHODS: ) were randomized to one of three 12-week treatments: CBT (N=47), LDX (N=47), or CBT+LDX (…
International Journal of Eating Disorders · 2024-09-09 · 15 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingOBJECTIVE: To explore dietary-restraint as a mediator of binge eating and weight-loss outcomes within a randomized controlled trial comparing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and behavioral weight loss (BWL) for binge-eating disorder (BED) with obesity. METHODS: Ninety participants were randomly assigned to CBT or BWL and assessed by evaluators blinded to conditions at pretreatment, throughout-, and post-treatment (6 months). Three dietary-restraint measures (Eating Disorder Examination-Questi…
Recent grants
Efficacy and Mechanisms of Naltrexone+Bupropion for Binge Eating Disorder
NIH · $3.6M · 2017–2024
Treatment of Loss of Control Eating Following Bariatric Surgery
NIH · $2.2M · 2014–2021
Cognitive-Behavioral and Pharmacologic Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder
NIH · $3.6M · 2018–2025
Frequent coauthors
- 222 shared
Thomas H. McGlashan
Yale University
- 215 shared
M. Tracie Shea
- 184 shared
Mary C. Zanarini
McLean Hospital
- 167 shared
Leslie C. Morey
Texas A&M University
- 162 shared
Andrew E. Skodol
University of Arizona
- 158 shared
Charles A. Sanislow
- 134 shared
John G. Gunderson
- 130 shared
Robin M. Masheb
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Labs
Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research (POWER)PI
Awards & honors
- K24 Mid-Career Investigator Award in Eating and Weight Disor…
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