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The current status of cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders: Marking the 51st Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Author(s) -
Weissman Ruth Striegel,
Frank Guido K. W.,
Klump Kelly L.,
Thomas Jennifer J.,
Wade Tracey,
Waller Glenn
Publication year - 2017
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/eat.22809
Subject(s) - excellence , context (archaeology) , eating disorders , psychology , multitude , nice , cognition , convention , psychotherapist , set (abstract data type) , nobody , medicine , psychiatry , political science , law , paleontology , computer science , biology , programming language , operating system
This Virtual Issue of the International Journal of Eating Disorders (IJED)marks the 51st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioraland Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), held in San Diego in November 2017.It consists of a set of recent papers published in IJED, providing keyevidence about the current status of cognitive behavior therapy foreating disorders (CBT-ED)We hope that such access will support ABCT members in puttingthe San Diego meeting material into context. We also hope that beingbrought up to date via both the conference and the Virtual Issue willencourage you to develop your own thoughts and experiences intoresearch of your own, and that you will submit your research to IJEDto add to that evidence base. Nobody can pretend that CBT-ED isperfect, despite its strong standing in the field. We need a multitude ofperspectives, new ideas, and a willingness to grow the field, and weknow that ABCT is a perfect organization for advancing our evidencebase for CBT-ED.