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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Minerva Psichiatr. 2010 Sep;51(3):207–216.

Table 1.

Treatment Trials for Adolescent Eating Disorders Comparing Different Treatments

STUDY Eating Disorder TYPE TREATMENT N AGE

(Mean)
OUTCOMES
(Morgan-Russell Modified
Outcome Groups
(Intermediate or Good
Outcome by Weight >
85% IBW)

Russell et al., (Russell et al., 1987) AN FBT vs Supportive therapy 21 15.3 FBT=90%
Supportive therapy=18% p<.02

Robin et al., (Robin et al., 1999) AN Family therapy or Individual therapy (EOIT) 37 13.9 Family therapy=94%
EOIT=65% p<.05

Gowers et al (Gowers et al., 2007) AN TAU, CBT, Inpatient 167 14.1 Hospital = 18%
CBT = 22%
TAU = 31%
NS

Schmidt et al (Schmidt et al., 2007) BN FBT vs Guided Self-Help CBT 85 16.1 FBT = 36%
CBT =42%
NS

Le Grange et al (Le Grange et al., 2007) BN FBT vs Supportive Individual Therapy 80 17.9 FBT = 40%
SIT = 19%
P = .049