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EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/erv.3019
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adolescents; adults; anorexia nervosa; CBT-E; real-world setting; treatment outcome
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The effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) was evaluated on patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) aged 14 to 25. The study found that patients who participated in CBT-E treatment showed significant weight gain and reduced scores for clinical impairment and eating-disorder psychopathology at the end of treatment and at 20-week follow-up.
Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) on patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) aged 14 to 25 treated in a real-world setting.Method: One hundred and fifteen patients with AN (n = 61, age <18 years) were recruited from consecutive referrals to a clinical eating disorder service offering outpatient CBT-E. Body Mass Index (BMI), BMI centiles, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Brief Symptom Inventory, and Clinical Impairment Assessment scores were recorded at admission, at the end of treatment, and at 20-week follow-up.Results: The seventy-two patients (62.6%) who finished the programme showed considerable weight gain and reduced scores for clinical impairment and eating-disorder and general psychopathology. Changes remained stable at 20 weeks. A comparison between adolescent and adult patients indicates similar improvements in eating-disorder psychopathology.Conclusions: The benchmark data yielded by this study suggest that CBT-E is a well-accepted and promising treatment that could be adopted to ensure continuity of care across the transitional age.
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