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What are the helpful factors in psychotherapy for anorexia nervosa?
Author(s) -
Askevold Finn
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198322)2:4<193::aid-eat2260020428>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychology , psychotherapist , outcome (game theory) , anorexia , clinical psychology , group psychotherapy , sex therapy , psychiatry , eating disorders , medicine , sexual dysfunction , mathematics , mathematical economics
A prospective study on the outcome of anorexia nervosa gives the opportunity to compare three different forms of psychotherapies: single interview (1–2), brief psychotherapy (3–20), and regular psychotherapy. There were no differences among the three groups on selection and all other criteria, such as weight loss, duration of illness, social background, level of education, sexual attitude, etc. In the follow‐up 4 to 14 years later, there were no differences in outcome among the groups. The regular psychotherapy group was slightly worse off than the two others, but not to a significant degree. The possibility of a negative selection for this group is discussed.