Psychotherapy and Medications for Eating Disorders: Better Together?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Eating disorders are prevalent public health problems associated with broad psychosocial impairments and with elevated rates of psychiatric and medical comorbidities. Critical reviews of the treatment literature for eating disorders indicate that although certain specialized psychological treatments and specific medications show efficacy to varying degrees across the different eating disorders, many patients fail to derive sufficient benefit from existing treatments. This article addresses whether combining psychological and pharmacologic interventions confers any additional benefits for treating eating disorders.

Methods

This study was a critical review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing combined psychological and pharmacologic treatment approaches for e

SUBMITTER: Reas DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243253 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature