Treatment of bulimia nervosa: the next decade
β Scribed by G. Terence Wilson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1072-4133
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β¦ Synopsis
Currently, the most effective treatment for bulimia nervosa (BN) is manualbased cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (Wilson and Fairburn, 1988a). The problem is that, while it is a good treatment, it is not good enough. Many patients show only partial improvement, and some none at all. The challenge confronting clinical researchers is to develop a treatment that improves upon this outcome.
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