Naturalistic outcomes for a day-hospital programme in a mixed diagnostic sample of adolescents with eating disorders.
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| Abstract | :  Despite initial data suggesting positive treatment outcomes for adolescent eating disorder day-hospital programmes (DHPs), existing studies have included limited follow-up, small samples, and a focus on restricting-type eating disorders. To address these gaps, we explored naturalistic outcomes for an adolescent eating disorders DHP. Adolescent participants (N = 265) completed measurements at treatment admission, discharge (n = 170), and various lengths of follow-up (n = 126; M = 278.87 days). Results from multilevel models indicated significant increases in body weight for the anorexia nervosa group throughout treatment and maintenance of increased body weight from discharge to follow-up. In bulimic spectrum disorders, binge eating and purging significantly decreased from intake to discharge and did not change from discharge to follow-up. Across the entire sample, eating disorder symptoms decreased from intake to discharge and did not change from discharge to follow-up. Further, anxiety and depression decreased over the course of treatment and continued to decrease over the follow-up period. The current investigation represents the first study to explore longitudinal DHP outcomes within adolescent bulimic spectrum eating disorders. Our findings also highlight many challenges inherent in conducting naturalistic research; it is critical that the field continue to develop solutions to the barriers inherent in conducting longitudinal research on eating disorder treatment. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2020 | 
| Journal | :  European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association | 
| Volume | :  28 | 
| Issue | :  2 | 
| Number of Pages | :  199-210 | 
| ISSN Number | :  1072-4133 | 
| URL | :  https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2716 | 
| DOI | :  10.1002/erv.2716 | 
| Short Title | :  Eur Eat Disord Rev | 
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