ArticleJournal of eating disorders2015
Time to restore body weight in adults and adolescents receiving cognitive behaviour therapy for anorexia nervosa.
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- A randomized, controlled pilot study of positive affect treatment adapted for anorexia nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Trial
- The Relationship Between Therapeutic Alliance, Early Symptom Change, and Outcome Among In-Patients With Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The Maudsley model of anorexia nervosa treatment for adolescents and emerging adults: A multi-centre cohort study.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with eating disorders: development, effectiveness, and future challenges.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2024Review
- A multi-center, randomized, parallel-group study to compare the efficacy of enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E) with treatment as usual (TAU) for anorexia nervosa: study protocol.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2023Article
- The effect of group cognitive behavior therapy on Chinese patients with anorexia nervosa: an open label trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Current Therapeutic Approaches to Anorexia Nervosa: State of the Art.Clinical therapeutics · 2021Review
- A conceptual comparison of family-based treatment and enhanced cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of adolescents with eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2019Review
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa: An Update.Current psychiatry reports · 2016Review
- A qualitative analysis of participants' reflections on body image during participation in a randomized controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy.Journal of eating disorders · 2016Article
- Recent advances in psychological therapies for eating disorders.F1000Research · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of the present study was to provide benchmark data on the duration of treatment required to restore body weight (to BMI ≥18.5 or a corresponding BMI centile) in adolescents and adults with anorexia nervosa treated with outpatient cognitive behaviour therapy.
methodsNinety-five participants (46 adolescents and 49 adults) were recruited from consecutive referrals to a specialist eating disorder clinic. Each was offered 40 sessions of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) over 40 weeks, the conventional length of this treatment.
resultsTwenty-nine (63.1%) of the adolescents and 32 (65.3%) of the adults completed all 40 sessions of treatment (P = 0.818). Significantly more adolescents reached the goal BMI than adults (65.3% vs. 36.5%; P = 0.003). The mean time required by the adolescents to restore body weight was about 15 weeks less than that for the adults (14.8 (SE = 1.7) weeks vs. 28.3 (SE = 2.0) weeks, log-rank = 21.5, P < 0.001).
conclusionsThe findings indicate that adolescent patients receiving CBT-E are able to regain weight more successfully than adults and at a faster rate. If these findings are replicated and extend to eating disorder psychopathology, then their treatment could be shorter than that of adults.
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