A Multicenter Comparison of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Bulimia Nervosa

• DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.5.459
• Publication Date: 2003-03-18T11:45:16Z
• Authors: W. Stewart Agras; B. Timothy Walsh; Christopher G. Fa...; G. Terence Wilson; Helena C. Kraemer
• Keywords: Interpersonal psychotherapy

<h3>Background</h3> Research suggests that cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective psychotherapeutic treatment for bulimia nervosa. One exception was a study suggested interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) might be as CBT, although slower to achieve its effects. The present designed repeat this important comparison. <h3>Method</h3> Two hundred twenty patients meeting<i>DSM-III-R</i>criteria nervosa were allocated at random 19 sessions of either CBT or IPT conducted over 20-week period and evaluated 1 year after in multisite study. <h3>Results</h3> Cognitive-behavioral significantly superior end percentage participants recovered (29% [n=32] vs 6% [n=7]), remitted (48% [n=53] 28% [n=31]), meeting community norms eating attitudes behaviors (41% [n=45] 27% [n=30]). For completers, 45% (n=29) 8% (n=5) IPT. However, follow-up, there no significant differences between 2 treatments: 26 (40%) completers had follow-up compared with 17 (27%) completers. <h3>Conclusions</h3> more rapid engendering improvement than This should considered preferred