CBT4BN: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online Chat and Face-to-Face Group Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-53

  Zerwas, Stephanie C ^a   Watson, Hunna J ^a,f,g   Hofmeier, Sara M ^a   Levine, Michele D ^c   Hamer, Robert M ^a,b   Crosby, Ross D ^d   Runfola, Cristin D ^e   Peat, Christine M ^a   Shapiro, Jennifer R ^a   Zimmer, Benjamin ^h   Moessner, Markus ^h   Kordy, Hans ^h   Marcus, Marsha D ^c   Bulik, Cynthia M ^a,b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bulimia nervosa; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Face to face group; Online chat group

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER EXAMINATION INTERVIEW; EATING DISORDERS QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FACE TO FACE GROUP THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ONLINE CHAT; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT FORM 36; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BULIMIA NERVOSA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85001090607     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000449025     Document Type: Article

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