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Patterns of symptom change in the short‐term group treatment of bulimia
Author(s) -
Frommer Martin S.,
Ames Jodi R.,
Gibson John W.,
Davis William N.
Publication year - 1987
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(198707)6:4<469::aid-eat2260060403>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - vomiting , psychology , psychodynamics , term (time) , cognition , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics
This study examines the effect on bulimic symptomatology of short‐term group treatment using a combined cognitive‐behavioral and psychodynamic approach in 92 female subjects. Patterns of symptom change at the completion of a 12‐week group were studied. Changes in frequency of bingeing and vomiting pre‐ and posttest were measured by means of dependent correlated t ‐tests. Although results indicated that, in general, there was a decrease in both bingeing and vomiting from the beginning to the end of the group, various patterns of symptom change were observed based upon presenting severity of symptomatology.