Eating disorder subtypes differ in their rates of psychosocial improvement over treatment
Eating disorder subtypes differ in their rates of psychosocial improvement over treatment
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DOI:
10.1186/2050-2974-2-2
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发表时间:
2014-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Carter, Jacqueline C.
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作者:
Kelly, Allison C.;Carter, Jacqueline C.
Background: Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are renowned for their poor short- and long-term treatment outcomes. To gain more insight into the reasons for these poor outcomes, the present study compared patients with AN-R (restrictive subtype), AN-BP (binge-purge subtype), bulimia nervosa (BN), and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) over 12 weeks of specialized eating disorders treatment.Eighty-nine patients completed the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and various measures of psychosocial functioning at baseline, and again after weeks 3, 6, 9, and 12 of treatment.Results: Multilevel modeling revealed that, over the 12 weeks, patients with AN-BP and AN-R had slower improvements in global eating disorder pathology, shape concerns, and self-compassion than those with EDNOS and BN. Patients with AN-BP had slower improvements in shame, social safeness (i.e., feelings of warmth in one's relationships), and received social support compared to those with AN-R, BN, and EDNOS.Conclusions: These findings support the need for more effective and comprehensive clinical interventions for patients with AN and especially AN-BP. Results also highlight not-yet studied processes that might contribute to the poor outcomes AN patients often face during and after treatment.