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Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Treating Eating Disorders
Author(s) -
Lenz A. Stephen,
Taylor Rebecca,
Fleming Molly,
Serman Nina
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00127.x
Subject(s) - eating disorders , dialectical behavior therapy , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychology , meta analysis , behavioral therapy , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , borderline personality disorder , economics , macroeconomics
This study evaluated the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for treating eating disorder episodes and co‐occurring depression symptoms among individuals diagnosed with eating disorders. Separate meta‐analytic procedures for between‐groups and single‐group studies were conducted and yielded large effect sizes, indicating that DBT may be efficacious for decreasing disordered episodes among women diagnosed with eating disorders; medium to large effect sizes were noted for treating depression symptoms. Implications for evidence‐supported practice and study limitations are discussed.