A feasibility study of the delivery of online brief cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-T) for eating disorder pathology in the workplace.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

CBT-T is a brief (10 sessions) version of cognitive behavioral therapy for non-underweight eating disorders. This report describes the protocol for a single center, single group, feasibility trial of online CBT-T in the workplace as an alternative to the health-service setting. By offering mental health services for eating disorders in the workplace, greater accessibility and increased help-seeking behaviors could be achieved.

Method

Treatment will be delivered online over 10 weeks and offered to employees based on self-referral rather than meeting diagnostic criteria, making treatment available to employees with sub-threshold eating disorder symptoms.

Results

Assessments will be conducted at baseline, mid-treatment (week 4), posttreatment (week 10) and at f

SUBMITTER: Toro CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9315023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature