Trial reportEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2018
Comorbid depressive symptoms and self-esteem improve after either cognitive-behavioural therapy or family-based treatment for adolescent bulimia nervosa.
Trial report in European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Systemic therapy in children and adolescents with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Interplay of childhood metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and obesity in the development of youth-onset type 2 diabetes.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Treatment outcomes for adolescent bulimia nervosa: a systematic scoping review of quantitative findings.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- Prevalence and Associations of Depression among Saudi College Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Bulimia nervosa and treatment-related disparities: a review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Psychotherapies for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- A systematic review of cognitive behavior therapy and dialectical behavior therapy for adolescent eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Review
- Update on Treatments for Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2019Review
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Abstract
This study examined the effect of family-based treatment for bulimia nervosa (FBT-BN) and cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents (CBT-A) on depressive symptoms and self-esteem in adolescents with BN. Data were collected from 110 adolescents, ages 12-18, who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition, text revision criteria for BN or partial BN. Participants were randomly assigned to FBT-BN or CBT-A and completed measures of depressive symptoms and self-esteem before and after treatment and at 6- and 12-month follow-up assessments. Depressive symptoms and self-esteem significantly improved in both treatments, and neither treatment appeared superior on these clinical outcomes. Parents often worry whether FBT-BN addresses comorbid depressive symptoms and low self-esteem. Our findings address this concern, as they demonstrate that FBT-BN does not differ from CBT-A in improving depressive symptoms and self-esteem, and both treatments result in symptom improvement. These findings can help clinicians guide families to choose a treatment that addresses BN and depressive symptoms and low self-esteem.
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