Effects and Limitations of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Bulimia Inpatients
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Vol. 51 (2) , 77-82
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000288139
Abstract
Cognitive behavior therapy was applied to 8 inpatients with bulimia (DSM-III). Improvement of bulimia was superior when compared to 6 bulimics treated with nonspecific psychotherapy. Social maladjustment was linked to the maintenance of bulimia. The effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy seemed to be impaired by co-morbidity and dysphoric mood. Therefore a more structured externally controlled behavioral hospital treatment program is recommended.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Major Affective Disorder in Anorexia Nervosa and BulimiaThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1987
- The relationship between affective disorder and eating disorders: a review of the literatureAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 1986