OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of three psychotherapies for anorexia nervosa. METHOD:Participants were women with broadly defined anorexia nervosa who had participated in a RCT comparing specialized psychotherapies (cognitive behavior therapy, CBT, and interpersonal psychotherapy, IPT) with a control condition (specialist supportive clinical management, SSCM), and attended long-term follow-up assessment (mean 6.7 years ± 1.2). RESULTS:Forty three of the original sample of 56 women participated in long-term follow-up assessment (77%). No significant differences were found on any pre-selected primary, secondary or tertiary outcome measures among the three psychotherapies at long-term follow-up assessment. Significantly different patterns of recovery were identified for the psychotherapies across time on the primary global outcome measure. Although SSCM was associated with a more rapid response than IPT, by follow-up all three treatments were indistinguishable. DISCUSSION: Potential implications for the timing of interventions to improve treatment response in anorexia nervosa are critically examined.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of three psychotherapies for anorexia nervosa. METHOD:Participants were women with broadly defined anorexia nervosa who had participated in a RCT comparing specialized psychotherapies (cognitive behavior therapy, CBT, and interpersonal psychotherapy, IPT) with a control condition (specialist supportive clinical management, SSCM), and attended long-term follow-up assessment (mean 6.7 years ± 1.2). RESULTS: Forty three of the original sample of 56 women participated in long-term follow-up assessment (77%). No significant differences were found on any pre-selected primary, secondary or tertiary outcome measures among the three psychotherapies at long-term follow-up assessment. Significantly different patterns of recovery were identified for the psychotherapies across time on the primary global outcome measure. Although SSCM was associated with a more rapid response than IPT, by follow-up all three treatments were indistinguishable. DISCUSSION: Potential implications for the timing of interventions to improve treatment response in anorexia nervosa are critically examined.
Authors: D S Pisetsky; S E Trace; K A Brownley; R M Hamer; N L Zucker; P Roux-Lombard; J-M Dayer; C M Bulik Journal: Cytokine Date: 2014-06-14 Impact factor: 3.861
Authors: Adrienne S Juarascio; Stephanie M Manasse; Hallie M Espel; Stephanie G Kerrigan; Evan M Forman Journal: Appetite Date: 2015-03-14 Impact factor: 3.868