A sequenced group psychotherapy model for bulimia nervosa patients: a pilot study

✍ Scribed by Lauri Nevonen; Anders G. Broberg; Marianne Lindström; Birgitta Levin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 85 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-4133
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0968(199903)7:1<17::aid-erv276>3.0.co;2-s

✦ Synopsis

The main objective with this study was to develop a sequenced treatment model for group psychotherapy with bulimia nervosa patients including cognitive-behavioural therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy techniques. This study comprises 29 participants in four successive treatment groups who meet the DSM-IV criteria for bulimia nervosa or eating disorder NOS. All the participants were measured pre-and post-treatment using the following instruments: a semi-structured interview for eating disorder symptomatology (BAB.4.1), Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2), Symptom Check List (SCL-90), Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), Coping Resources Inventory (CRI) and Body Mass Index (BMI). Ratings for the participants' weight phobia, bingeing and vomiting decreased signi®cantly. Signi®cant pre-to postdifferences were demonstrated for EDI, SCL and CRI but not for BDI. A 1-year follow-up, including both clinical and self ratings, showed that the improvement was sustained and that progress seemed to have continued. In addition to post-treatment effects, now both BDI and the interpersonal sensitivity subscale of the SCL showed signi®cant changes. The results suggest that there is reason to continue the development of a sequenced treatment model based on CBT and IPT techniques and to test the model in a controlled study. Copyright *