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Treating eating disorders using the internet
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article evaluates the empirical standing of online treatment (eTherapy) for people with an established eating disorder. RECENT FINDINGS: There have been four randomized controlled trials of eTherapy for people with an eating disorder. All four focused on eating disorders characterized by binge eating and recruited adult participants direct from the community. The interventions were cognitive behavioural in nature, lasted between 3 and 7 months, and were accompanied by external support. In common with eTherapy for other mental health problems, there were problems engaging and retaining the users, and maximizing their implementation of the intervention. A minority (10-37%, intent-to-treat figures) improved substantially. SUMMARY: This is a new field. The findings of the four randomized controlled trials are consistent with the earlier reports indicating that guided eTherapy interventions of a cognitive behavioural nature are acceptable to (female) adults with a binge eating problem and that a subgroup improves substantially. More effective interventions are required and their use in different healthcare settings needs to be investigated. Direct-to-sufferer eTherapy interventions have the potential to increase access to effective forms of treatment and, in younger cases, they might serve as a form of secondary prevention.
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“eTherapies themselves have emerged as a preferred guided self-help format, their online delivery addressing issues of accessibility, scalability, cost, and privacy (23, 24)”
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“Given the aspiration of eTherapies to address issues of accessibility, scalability, and cost (11, 23, 24), this study’s use of other professionals in this role, whilst achieving similar results, supports this utility of BED-targeted eTherapies within a stepped-care model.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fairburn, C. G., & Murphy, R.
- Affiliations
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Fairburn, Christopher G.
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2015-11
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 461-467
- ISSN
- 0951-7367 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2415700950
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 0.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (046386, 079113, 079113/Z/06/Z, 094585)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- eating disorders, binge eating, online therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, online intervention, treatment engagement and retention, randomized controlled trials, access to mental health care, secondary prevention
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Treatment Outcome, Internet, Binge-Eating Disorder
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