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Katja Schnicker
Drop-out and treatment outcome of outpatient cognitive-behavioral therapy for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
In the present study, drop-out-analyses were carried out for a manual-based cognitive–behavioral therapy for 104 females with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), in the service setting of a university outpatient clinic (naturalistic setting). A total of 22.9% of patients with AN terminated therapy prematurely (drop-outs), compared to 40.6% of patients with BN. Group differences between drop-outs and completers show that the group of drop-outs with BN had higher values in the depression score at the start of therapy and was almost two times more likely to have a comorbid disorder (odds ratio 1.69), whereas drop-outs with AN had higher values in the outcome-scale drive for thinnes…
Längerfristige Effekte einer essstörungsspezifischen KVT im naturalistischen Setting
In naturalistischen Studien konnte die Wirksamkeit der KVT bei Essstorungen aufgezeigt werden. Es fehlen Studien mit langerfristigen Effekten im Praxissetting. Insgesamt wurden n=99 Frauen mit der DSM-IV Hauptdiagnose einer Essstorung untersucht. Von 53,5% (n=53) lagen Daten mit langerfristiger Dauer vor. Als Messinstrumente wurden EDE-Q, BDI und BSI herangezogen, welche zu Beginn, am Ende sowie mind. 18 Monate nach Behandlungsende eingesetzt wurden. Die Pra-/Post-Effektstarken blieben im Langzeitverlauf stabil. Auch der Anteil der Responder blieb durchschnittlich gleich hoch (63,6%), wobei 25% den Responder-Status verloren und 22,7% im Langzeitverlauf eine Spontanremission zeigten. Die dur…
Two sides of the same coin? A new instrument to assess body checking and avoidance behaviors in eating disorders
Body checking (BC) and avoidance behaviors (BA) are the dominant behavioral features of body image disturbances (BID) that characterize most individuals with eating disorders (EDs). Whereas BC can be reliably assessed, a valid assessment tool for BA is lacking, preventing an adequate assessment of BID differences across different EDs (anorexia nervosa, AN; bulimia nervosa, BN; binge eating disorder, BED). A total of 310 women with EDs and 112 nonclinical controls completed measures of BC-, BA- and ED-related symptoms. BA did not differentiate between EDs, whereas BC did: it was highest in AN and BN, and lowest in BED. Multivariate analyses also discriminated AN from BN based on BC. Given th…
Influence of Weight on Shared Core Symptoms in Eating Disorders
In terms of the transdiagnostic model of eating disorders, Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), and Binge Eating Disorder (BED) share the same distinctive psychopathology. However, empirical evidence showing similarities between these eating disorder diagnoses for core symptoms is scarce, and the role of weight status is unclear. Data from a total of 168 female participants were collected between April 2004 and April 2008, at an outpatient unit specialized in eating disorder treatment. Core symptoms of eating disorders were measured via self-report questionnaires. In particular, women with BED and BN showed similar patterns of core symptomatology compared with AN. However, when body…
Improving Inhibitory Control Abilities (ImpulsE)-A Promising Approach to Treat Impulsive Eating?
Although there is preliminary evidence that inhibitory control training improves impulsive eating, less is known about the effects on eating behaviour and weight loss in clinical samples. Sixty-nine treatment-seeking adults with obesity (binge-eating disorder 33.3%; other specific feeding and eating disorders 40.6%) were randomly blockwise allocated to ImpulsE, an intervention to improve inhibitory control and emotion regulation abilities or a guideline-appropriate cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)-based treatment as usual. Self-reported and performance-based impulsivity, eating disorder pathology and BMI were compared at baseline (T1), post-treatment (T2) and 1- or 3-month follow-up. Imp…