Efficacy and Effectiveness

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Nohara, N., Yamanaka, Y., Matsuoka, M., Yamazaki, T., Kawai, K., Takakura, S.,Sudo, N.,  Ando, T., Matsuyama, Y., Byrne, S., Dalle Grave, R., Cooper, Z.; Yoshiuchi, K,  (2023). A multi-center, randomized, parallel-group study to compare the efficacy of enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E) with treatment as usual (TAU) for anorexia nervosa: study protocol. Biopsychosocial Medicine, 17(1). doi:10.1186/s13030-023-00277-2 Full Text

Dalle Grave R, Dalle Grave A, Bani E, Oliosi A, Conti M, Dametti L, et al. The impact of the  COVID ‐19 pandemic on intensive cognitive behavioral therapy outcomes in patients with anorexia nervosa—A cohort study. Int J Eat Disord. 2022. doi: 10.1002/eat.23765 Free Access PubMed Abstract

Dalle Grave, R., Patacca, E., Conti, M., Soave, F., Dametti, L., Dalle Grave, A., & Calugi, S. (2022). McArdle disease in a patient with anorexia nervosa: a case report. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. doi:10.1007/s40519-022-01451-1 PubMed Abstract Read the Article

Calugi, S., Dametti, L., Dalle Grave, A., & Dalle Grave, R. (2022). Changes in specific and nonspecific psychopathology network structure after intensive cognitive behavior therapy in patients with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi:10.1002/eat.23755 PubMed Abstract

van den Berg, E., Schlochtermeier, D., Koenders, J., de Mooij, L., de Jonge, M., Goudriaan, A. E., . . . Dekker, J. (2022). Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy-enhanced compared with treatment-as-usual for anorexia nervosa in an inpatient and outpatient routine setting: a consecutive cohort study. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10(1), 2. doi:10.1186/s40337-021-00526-1 PubMed Abstract Full Text

Kessler U, Kleppe MM, Rekkedal GÅ, Rø Ø, Danielsen Y. Experiences when implementing enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy as a standard treatment for anorexia nervosa in outpatients at a public specialized eating-disorder treatment unit. J Eat Disord. 2022;10(1). doi: 10.1186/s40337-022-00536-7. Full Text

Dalle Grave , R., Dametti, L., Conti, M., Bersan, C., Dalle Grave , A., & Calugi, S. (2021). Day-hospital enhanced cognitive behavior therapy for adults: immediate and follow-up effects. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 1-6. doi:10.1002/eat.23632 PubMed Abstract

Ayton, A., Viljoen, D., Ryan, S., Ibrahim, A., & Ford, D. (2021). Risk, demand, capacity and outcomes in adult specialist eating disorder services in South-East of England before and since COVID-19. BJPsych Bull, 1-7. doi:10.1192/bjb.2021.73 Full Text PubMed Abstract

Frostad, S., Calugi, S., Engen, C. B. N., & Dalle Grave, R. (2021). Enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) for severe and extreme anorexia nervosa in an outpatient eating disorder unit at a public hospital: a quality-assessment study. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(1), 143. doi:10.1186/s40337-021-00499-1 Full Text

Calugi, S., Dametti, L., Chimini, M., Dalle Grave, A., & Dalle Grave, R. (2021). Change in eating disorder psychopathology network structure in patients with anorexia nervosa treated with intensive cognitive behavior therapy. International Journal of Eating Disorders. PubMed Abstract doi:10.1002/eat.23590

Dalle Grave, R., Conti, M., Sartirana, M., Sermattei, S., & Calugi, S. (2021). Enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with eating disorders: A systematic review of current status and future perspectives. IJEDO, 3, 1-11. doi:10.32044/ijedo.2021.01 Full Text

Le Grange, D., Eckhardt, S., Dalle Grave, R., Crosby, R. D., Peterson, C. B., Keery, H., . . . Martell, C. (2020). Enhanced cognitive-behavior therapy and family-based treatment for adolescents with an eating disorder: a non-randomized effectiveness trial. Psychological Medicine, 1-11. doi:10.1017/s0033291720004407 PubMed Abstract

Calugi, S., Sartirana, M., Frostad, S., & Dalle Grave, R. (2020). Enhanced cognitive behavior therapy for severe and extreme anorexia nervosa: An outpatient case series. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi:10.1002/eat.23428 PubMed Abstract

Dalle Grave, R., Sartirana, M., Sermattei, S., & Calugi, S. (2020). Treatment of eating disorders in adults versus adolescents: Similarities and differences. Clinical Therapeutics. doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.10.015 PubMed Abstract

Linardon, J., Shatte, A., Rosato, J., & Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M. (2020). Efficacy of a transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral intervention for eating disorder psychopathology delivered through a smartphone app: a randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 1-12. doi:10.1017/s0033291720003426

Dalle Grave, R., Conti, M., & Calugi, S. (2020). Effectiveness of intensive cognitive behavioral therapy in adolescents and adults with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi:10.1002/eat.23337

Dalle Grave, R. Severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: No easy solutions. International Journal of Eating Disorders, doi:10.1002/eat.23295

Ohara, C., Sekiguchi, A., Takakura, S., Endo, Y., Tamura, N., Kikuchi, H., . . . Ando, T. (2020). Effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavior therapy for bulimia nervosa in Japan: a randomized controlled trial protocol. Biopsychosocial Medicine, 14, 2. doi:10.1186/s13030-020-0174-z Open Accesss

de Jong, M., Spinhoven, P., Korrelboom, K., Deen, M., van der Meer, I., Danner, U. N., . . . Hoek, H. W. (2020). Effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavior therapy for eating disorders: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi:10.1002/eat.23239 Open Access

Berg, E., Schlochtermeier, D., Koenders, J., Mooij, L., Goudriaan, A., Blankers, M., . . . Dekker, J. (2020). Implementing cognitive behavioral therapy-enhanced in a routine inpatient and outpatient setting: Comparing effectiveness and treatment costs in two consecutive cohorts. International Journal of eating disorders, 53(3), 461-471. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23229 PubMed Abstract

Atwood, M. E., & Friedman, A. (2019). A systematic review of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E) for eating disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi:10.1002/eat.23206

Dalle Grave, R., Sartirana, M., & Calugi, S. (2019). Enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: Outcomes and predictors of change in a real-world setting. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 0(0). doi:10.1002/eat.23122

Agras, W. S. (2019). Cognitive Behavior Therapy for the Eating Disorders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 42(2), 169-179. doi:10.1016/j.psc.2019.01.001

Craig, M., Waine, J., Wilson, S., & Waller, G. (2019). Optimizing treatment outcomes in adolescents with eating disorders: The potential role of cognitive behavioral therapy. International Journal of Eating Disorders. doi:10.1002/eat.23067

Dahlenburg, S. C., Gleaves, D. H., & Hutchinson, A. D. (2019). Treatment outcome research of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders: a systematic review with narrative and meta-analytic synthesis. Eating Disorders, 27(5), 482-502. doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2018.1560240

Liyanage, N., Suraweera, C., & Rodrigo, A. (2019). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Management of a Patient with Atypical Anorexia Nervosa. Case Rep Psychiatry, 2019, 4736419. doi:10.1155/2019/4736419 Open Access

de Jong, M., Schoorl, M., & Hoek, H. W. (2018). Enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with eating disorders: a systematic review. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(6), 436-444. doi:10.1097/YCO.0000000000000452

Slade, E., Keeney, E., Mavranezouli, I., Dias, S., Fou, L., Stockton, S., Saxon, L. Waller, G., Turner, H., Serpell, L., Fairburn, C. G. Kendall, T. (2018). Treatments for bulimia nervosa: a network meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 1-8. doi:10.1017/s0033291718001071

Byrne, S., Wade, T., Hay, P., Touyz, S., Fairburn, C. G., Treasure, J., . . . Crosby, R. D. (2017). A randomised controlled trial of three psychological treatments for anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine, 1-11. doi:10.1017/s0033291717001349

Linardon, J., Wade, T. D., de la Piedad Garcia, X., & Brennan, L. (2017). The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for eating disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(11), 1080-1094. doi:10.1037/ccp0000245

Wade, S., Byrne, S., & Allen, K. (2017). Enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders adapted for a group setting. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(8), 863-872. doi:10.1002/eat.22723

Cooper, Z., Allen, E., Bailey-Straebler, S., Basden, S., Murphy, R., O’Connor, M. E., & Fairburn, C. G. (2016). Predictors and moderators of response to enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy for the treatment of eating disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 84, 9-13. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2016.07.002

Andony, L. J., Tay, E., Allen, K. L., Wade, T. D., Hay, P., Touyz, S., . . . Byrne, S. M. (2015). Therapist adherence in the strong without anorexia nervosa (SWAN) study: A randomized controlled trial of three treatments for adults with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48(8), 1170-1175. doi:10.1002/eat.22455

Calugi, S., Dalle Grave, R., Sartirana, M., & Fairburn, C. G. (2015). Time to restore body weight in adults and adolescents receiving cognitive behaviour therapy for anorexia nervosa. Journal of Eating Disorders, 3, 21. doi:10.1186/s40337-015-0057-z

Dalle Grave, R., Calugi, S., Sartirana, M., & Fairburn, C. G. (2015). Transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with an eating disorder who are not underweight. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 73, 79-82. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2015.07.014

Fairburn, C. G., Bailey-Straebler, S., Basden, S., Doll, H. A., Jones, R., Murphy, R., . . . Cooper, Z. (2015). A transdiagnostic comparison of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) and interpersonal psychotherapy in the treatment of eating disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 70, 64-71. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2015.04.010

Knott, S., Woodward, D., Hoefkens, A., & Limbert, C. (2015). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa and Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified: Translation from Randomized Controlled Trial to a Clinical Setting. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 43(6), 641-654. doi:10.1017/s1352465814000393

Dalle Grave, R., Calugi, S., El Ghoch, M., Conti, M., & Fairburn, C. G. (2014). Inpatient cognitive behavior therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: immediate and longer-term effects. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00014

Poulsen, S., Lunn, S., Daniel, S. I., Folke, S., Mathiesen, B. B., Katznelson, H., & Fairburn, C. G. (2014). A randomized controlled trial of psychoanalytic psychotherapy or cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa. American Journal of Psychiatry, 171(1), 109-116. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12121511

Wonderlich, S. A., Peterson, C. B., Crosby, R. D., Smith, T. L., Klein, M. H., Mitchell, J. E., & Crow, S. J. (2014). A randomized controlled comparison of integrative cognitive-affective therapy (ICAT) and enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT-E) for bulimia nervosa. Psychological Medicine, 44(3), 543-553. doi:10.1017/s0033291713001098

Zipfel, S., Wild, B., Gross, G., Friederich, H. C., Teufel, M., Schellberg, D., . . . Herzog, W. (2014). Focal psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, and optimised treatment as usual in outpatients with anorexia nervosa (ANTOP study): randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 383(9912), 127-137. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61746-8

Dalle Grave, R., Calugi, S., Conti, M., Doll, H., & Fairburn, C. G. (2013). Inpatient cognitive behaviour therapy for anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 82(6), 390-398. doi:10.1159/000350058

Dalle Grave, R., Calugi, S., Doll, H. A., & Fairburn, C. G. (2013). Enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa: an alternative to family therapy? Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51(1), R9-r12. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2012.09.008

Fairburn, C. G., Cooper, Z., Doll, H. A., O’Connor, M. E., Palmer, R. L., & Dalle Grave, R. (2013). Enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for adults with anorexia nervosa: a UK-Italy study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 51(1), R2-8. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2012.09.010

Byrne, S. M., Fursland, A., Allen, K. L., & Watson, H. (2011). The effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders: an open trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49(4), 219-226. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2011.01.006

Karbasi, A. L. (2010). Enhanced Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E) for Eating Disorders: Case Study of a Client With Anorexia Nervosa. Clinical Case Studies, 9(3), 225-240. doi:10.1177/1534650110372541 Open Access

Fairburn, C. G., Cooper, Z., Doll, H. A., O’Connor, M. E., Bohn, K., Hawker, D. M., . . . Palmer, R. L. (2009). Transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with eating disorders: a two-site trial with 60-week follow-up. American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(3), 311-319. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.08040608