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. 2019 May 1;2019(5):CD004780. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004780.pub4

Dimitropoulos 2014.

Methods Randomised parallel assignment
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • 16 years of age and over

  • Any patient attending the eating disorders programme at University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital and their family members over the age of 16 (siblings, parents, partners)


Exclusion criteria:
  • Current family violence

Interventions Intervention group 1
Description: Multi‐family therapy
Involves 8 ‐ 10 families who meet as a group with 2 therapists for a duration of 8 x 1½‐hour sessions. Group topics are set and cover material on eating disorder psychoeducation, caregiving styles, meal support and relapse prevention.
Length: ˜8 weeks
Intervention group 2
Description: Supportive family therapy
Families meet independently with a therapist once a week for 1‐hour session of supportive counselling. The length of the therapy and the topics of therapy are decided upon collaboratively with the therapist and the family.
Length: ˜10 weeks
Outcomes Primary outcomes:
1. Dropouts
2. Change in weight
Secondary outcomes:
1. Change in caregiver functioning
Notes clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02106728 [Study results available, July 2016]