Tatham, M., Athanasia, E., Dodd, J. et al. (1 more author) (2016) The effect of pre-treatment psychoeducation on eating disorder pathology among patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Advances in Eating Disorders: Theory, Research and Practice, 4 (2). pp. 167-175. ISSN 2166-2649
Abstract
Pre-treatment psychoeducation can be effective for bulimic groups, but little is known about its effect on patients with anorexia nervosa. This study investigated the impact of a pre-treatment psychoeducational intervention on outpatients with diagnoses of full or atypical anorexia nervosa (N = 54) or bulimia nervosa/atypical eating disorder at a normal weight (N = 43). Each attended a four-session psychoeducational group whilst awaiting outpatient treatment. They completed measures of eating and personality disorder pathology pre-intervention, repeating the measures of eating pathology post-intervention. Effectiveness was tested for each diagnostic group using intention-to-treat analyses. Results confirm that such psychoeducational groups reduce unhealthy eating attitudes among bulimic patients, regardless of initial levels of eating and personality pathology. In contrast, the groups were not effective for anorexia nervosa sufferers. Such groups should be considered routinely during waiting periods for bulimia nervosa treatment, but further research is needed to determine how to help anorexia nervosa patients at this stage.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Advances in Eating Disorders: Theory, Research and Practice. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Psychoeducation; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2016 14:38 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2017 17:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21662630.2016.1172975 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/21662630.2016.1172975 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98866 |