NIH research on bulimia led by the team at the University of Chicago finds: More patients receiving family-based treatment (39%) than supportive psychotherapy (18%) achieved remission—defined as abstaining from binge eating and compensatory behavior, such as purging—immediately following treatment. “Somewhat fewer patients were abstinent at the six-month follow-up; however, the difference was statistically in favor of family-based treatment vs. supportive psychotherapy (29% vs. 10 percent%),” the authors write.
NIH research on bulimia led by the team at the University of Chicago finds:
And this piece in Forbes today adds commentary. But this piece on MSNBC is the first I've found that uses the word "Maudsley" and it mentions Maudsley Parents !More patients receiving family-based treatment (39%) than supportive psychotherapy (18%) achieved remission—defined as abstaining from binge eating and compensatory behavior, such as purging—immediately following treatment. “Somewhat fewer patients were abstinent at the six-month follow-up; however, the difference was statistically in favor of family-based treatment vs. supportive psychotherapy (29% vs. 10 percent%),” the authors write.
29% is pretty sobering, as the report does say. But ten percent?! That is downright scary.
For the paper itself: A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Family-Based Treatment and Supportive Psychotherapy for Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa Daniel le Grange, Ross D. Crosby, Paul J. Rathouz, and Bennett L. LeventhalArch Gen Psychiatry. 2007; 64:1049-1056.