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ArticleNutrients2024

Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa Outcomes before, during and after the COVID-19 Crisis.

Riccardo Dalle Grave, Mirko Chimini, Gianmatteo Cattaneo, Anna Dalle Grave, Loretta Ferretti, Sofia Parolini, Simona Calugi

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Article in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Neural circuits regulating activity-based anorexia.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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Riccardo Dalle GraveDepartment of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, 37016 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9796-3721
Mirko ChiminiDepartment of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, 37016 Verona, Italy.
Gianmatteo CattaneoDepartment of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, 37016 Verona, Italy.
Anna Dalle GraveDepartment of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, 37016 Verona, Italy.
Loretta FerrettiDepartment of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, 37016 Verona, Italy.
Sofia ParoliniDepartment of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, 37016 Verona, Italy.
Simona CalugiDepartment of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, 37016 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4028-1877

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies comparing treatment outcomes in patients with eating disorders before and during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have yielded conflicting results. Furthermore, no study has yet evaluated treatment outcomes in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa before, during and after the crisis. Hence, this study investigated the outcomes of an intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Enhanced (CBT-E) program on adolescents with anorexia nervosa consecutively treated before (n = 64), during (n = 37) and after (n = 31) the period of emergency spanning 8 March 2020 to 31 March 2022. Results show consistent and similar improvements in eating disorder psychopathology, general psychopathology and body mass index-for-age percentiles across all three periods, with approximately 60% of patients maintaining a full response at the 20-week follow-up, suggesting that treatment efficacy remained robust. Overall, the study underscores the effectiveness of intensive CBT-E as a viable treatment option for adolescents with anorexia nervosa, even during and after unprecedented challenges such as those posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Anorexia NervosaCognitive Behavioral TherapyCOVID-19AdolescentBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2Treatment Outcomeadolescentanorexia nervosacognitive behavioral therapyCOVID-19 pandemiceating disorder

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PMID38794649
PMCPMC11124178

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