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Meta‐Analysis of Anorexia Nervosa Counseling Outcome Studies From 1990 to 2015
Author(s) -
Mann Sara E.,
Erford Bradley T.,
Minnich Amelia
Publication year - 2018
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/jcad.12176
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , meta analysis , psychotherapist , psychology , clinical psychology , anorexia , outcome (game theory) , medicine , psychiatry , eating disorders , mathematics , mathematical economics
This meta‐analysis of 92 anorexia nervosa counseling articles examined the effectiveness of counseling in reducing symptoms of anorexia nervosa at termination and the longest follow‐up assessments. Treatment‐as‐usual studies showed no effect to small effects at both posttest and follow‐up assessments, wait‐list studies showed small effects at posttest and medium effects at follow‐up, and single‐group uncontrolled studies showed medium to large effects at posttest and medium effects at follow‐up. Implications for research and practice are discussed.