title: Uniting Couples (in the treatment of) Anorexia Nervosa (UCAN).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development of a novel couple-based cognitive-behavioral intervention for adult anorexia nervosa (AN) called Uniting Couples (in the treatment of) Anorexia Nervosa (UCAN).
  
  
  METHODS
  We review the state of the science for the treatment of adult AN, the nature of relationships in AN, our model of couple functioning in AN, and the development of the UCAN intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We present the UCAN treatment for patients with AN and their partners and discuss important considerations in the delivery of the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With further evaluation, we expect that UCAN will emerge to be an effective, acceptable, disseminable, and developmentally tailored intervention that will serve to improve both core AN pathology as well as couple functioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. cbulik@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bulik
authors.forename: Donald H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Baucom
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pisetsky
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003142:Communication; D019546:Couples Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D019529:Sexuality