PTSD and Complex PTSD in Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders: Moderating Effects on Symptom Severity and Outcome Trajectory.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Eating disorders (EDs) and symptoms of trauma commonly co-occur, yet research is limited on how trauma affects ED treatment outcomes. This is particularly true for complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Differentiating between the treatment impacts of PTSD and CPTSD (which includes both PTSD symptoms and disturbances in self-organization [DSO]) may help ED providers address this common comorbidity.

Method

The current study included 95 women (M _age  = 26 years) with EDs (largely anorexia nervosa) who received residential treatment (M = 81 days). Participants completed measures of ED symptoms, anxiety, depression, body mass index (BMI), ED-specific health-related quality-of-life (ED-HRQoL) impairment, functional disability, and trauma symptoms at

SUBMITTER: Day S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12423579 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature