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

Lock 2014.

Methods Randomised parallel assignment
Participants Inclusion criteria:
  • 11 to 19 years of age

  • Meets DSM‐IV criteria for AN

  • Lives with at least 1 English‐speaking parent who is willing to participate

  • Medically stable

  • Endorses obsessions/compulsions

  • Adequate transportation to clinic

  • Proficient at speaking, reading, and writing English


Exclusion criteria:
  • Previous FBT or CRT for AN

  • Medical instability

  • Medical condition that may affect eating or weight

Interventions Intervention group 1
Description: Family‐based therapy with CRT
Length: 15 sessions over 6 months
Intervention group 2
Description: Family‐based therapy and art therapy
Length: 15 sessions over 6 months
Outcomes Primary outcome measures:
1. Full remission from AN (weight restoration to at least 95% of median body weight)
Notes clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02054364