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Target Engagement of a Novel Dissonance-Based Treatment for DSM-5 Eating Disorders
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Counter Attitudinal Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy for Eating Disorder. Completed, enrolled 83 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
Most people with an eating disorder (ED) do not receive good treatment. The investigators have developed a new brief group treatment that is supposed to work by reducing how much women with an ED value the impossible thinness standard promoted by the media and how much they value/crave binge foods. The investigators want to test whether the treatment actually changes those two mechanisms using brain scan data, which is more objective than completing questionnaires and even interviews. In the first phase of the study (R61), the investigators will compare women in the treatment versus those on a wait-list. If the investigators can show that the treatment "works" (does what the investigators think it does) compared to no active treatment (women will be allowed to seek and receive outside help but investigators will not provide it until after the wait-list), investigators will conduct the second phase of study (R33),where they will randomly assign women with an ED to either the new treatment or to a group treatment that represents what many college mental health clinics provide to their clients with ED.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
8 weekly 60 minute sessions of dissonance-based treatment wherein women with any eating disorder complete verbal, written, and behavioral activities.
8 weekly 60 minute sessions of interpersonal-based treatment wherein women with an eating disorder complete verbal, written, and behavioral activities.