Effectiveness of a web-based treatment program using intensive therapeutic support for female patients with bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and eating disorders not otherwise specified: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ter Huurne, Elke D ^a,b   Postel, Marloes G ^a,c   de Haan, Hein A ^a,b   DeJong, Cor A J ^b,d  

^a Tactus Institute for Care and Treatment of Drug Addicts   (Netherlands)

^b Nijmegen Institute for Scientist Practitioners in Addiction   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asynchronous support; Binge eating disorder; Bulimia nervosa; e health; Eating disorders; Eating disorders not otherwise specified; Intensive therapeutic support; Randomized controlled trial; Web based treatment program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; EATING DISORDERS NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEMEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BINGE-EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887513022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-310     Document Type: Article

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