If you are eating because of anxiety, depression, or stress, then you should address those problems directly or find another outlet for them, and until you do, perhaps no diet will work for you.
Nevertheless, among patients with neurologic conditions, the Half-Hour Diet has worked pretty well over the last year. It is unclear to what extent the success of those patients depends on the enthusiasm of the briefing physician, the strength of the physician-patient relationship, or the motivation of patients seeking help for active medical illnesses. Some patients never try the plan, and perhaps they represent a subgroup with co-morbid illnesses related to anxiety, depression, and stress or a weary subgroup that cannot bear one more “diet.”
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