Programme-Led and Focused Interventions for Recent Onset Binge/Purge Eating Disorders: Use and Outcomes in the First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) Network.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to compare use of, and outcomes from, programme-led and focused interventions (guided self-help and 10 session cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders [CBT-T]) relative to other psychological therapies (including group and individual CBT for eating disorders [CBT-ED]) in a national sample of emerging adults receiving early intervention for a non-underweight binge/purge eating disorder.

Method

Data were drawn from 54 English eating disorder services using the First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) model. Participants (N = 1097) had a mean age of 18.95 years (SD 2.42) and diagnoses of bulimia nervosa (n = 506; 45%), binge eating disorder (n = 121; 11%), another specified feeding or eating disorder (n = 460; 42%), or an

SUBMITTER: Allen KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11861885 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature