New Web Treatment for Eating Disorder
Anorexia and Bulimia are two very difficult eating disorders that affect many individuals. Trying to get these individuals into a therapy program can be a very daunting task.
With this in mind, researchers at The University of North Carolina and a team from the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will compare a Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for Bulimia to the standard personal and group CBT.
This web-based CBT will be augmented with weekly, therapist-moderated online chat sessions with face-to-face group therapy which has been the long-time gold standard for treatment. Although CBT offered via group therapy provides benefits over individual therapy (eg, patient’s ability to gain from other’s experiences, lower cost), such therapy isn’t available to everyone, due to such factors as no available programs, living in a rural area, fears of various kinds, and costs of the programs and gas.
This web based program attempts to overcome these challenges by developing a Web site that will deliver the same content as traditional, manual-based cognitive behavioral therapy, but with the advantage of all the bells and whistles of internet based web-conferencing.
In this new study, patients will be randomized to the web based chat sessions and the effectiveness of will be measured with follow-up assessments on each participant at three, six, and 12 months, as well as at treatment completion.
If this web based CBT is as effective as traditional CBT, it will allow access to many individuals who were unable to obtain care for the disorder in the past.
With this in mind, researchers at The University of North Carolina and a team from the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will compare a Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for Bulimia to the standard personal and group CBT.
This web-based CBT will be augmented with weekly, therapist-moderated online chat sessions with face-to-face group therapy which has been the long-time gold standard for treatment. Although CBT offered via group therapy provides benefits over individual therapy (eg, patient’s ability to gain from other’s experiences, lower cost), such therapy isn’t available to everyone, due to such factors as no available programs, living in a rural area, fears of various kinds, and costs of the programs and gas.
This web based program attempts to overcome these challenges by developing a Web site that will deliver the same content as traditional, manual-based cognitive behavioral therapy, but with the advantage of all the bells and whistles of internet based web-conferencing.
In this new study, patients will be randomized to the web based chat sessions and the effectiveness of will be measured with follow-up assessments on each participant at three, six, and 12 months, as well as at treatment completion.
If this web based CBT is as effective as traditional CBT, it will allow access to many individuals who were unable to obtain care for the disorder in the past.
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