title: Adolescent eating disorders: treatment and response in a naturalistic study.
abstract: This naturalistic study investigated the treatment and outcome of adolescents with eating disorders (EDs) in the community. Clinicians from a practice-research network provided data on ED symptoms, global functioning, comorbidity, treatment, and outcome for 120 adolescents with EDs. ED "not otherwise specified" was the most common ED diagnosed. After an average of 8 months of treatment, about one third of patients had recovered, with patients with anorexia nervosa showing the most improvement. Clinicians utilized a range of psychotherapy interventions and two thirds of the patients had received adjunct psychoactive medication. Although CBT showed the strongest association with outcome in a subsample characterized by poor relational/personality functioning, dynamic therapy was associated with better global outcome in the overall sample.
authors: Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA. heatherthompsonbrenner@gmail.com
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Thompson-Brenner
authors: Christina L
authors: CL
authors: Boisseau
authors: Dana A
authors: DA
authors: Satir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs