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Dropping Out from Psychological Treatment for Eating Disorders: What are the Issues?

✍ Scribed by Jennifer Mahon

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 98 KB
Volume: 8
Category: Article
ISSN: 1072-4133
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0968(200005)8:3<198::aid-erv356>3.0.co;2-3

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✦ Synopsis

The paper reviews the literature on dropping out from psychological treatments for eating disorders (pharmacological treatments are not covered). Drop-out rates for bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are summarized by treatment type, format, and setting. The paper also offers a clarification of the meaning of dropping out and how treatment drop-out relates to attrition, premature treatment termination, and treatment refusal. The paper questions the focus on patient characteristics in drop-out research and suggests ways forward.