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Long-term effects of radically open dialectical behavior therapy for anorexia nervosa: a six-month follow-up study
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences. National Specialized Medical Care for Eating Disorders, Region Västernorrland, Sundsvall, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0009-0004-7793-428X
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences. National Specialized Medical Care for Eating Disorders, Region Västernorrland, Sundsvall, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0009-0001-9183-4304
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, MO, St. Louis, United States.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0520-999X
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2026 (English)In: Eating Disorders, ISSN 1064-0266, E-ISSN 1532-530XArticle in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
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Six-month follow-up results from a trial investigating the effects of Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) in individuals with anorexia nervosa are presented. Participants (N = 23; median age 20 years; 96% female) completed a 32-week RO-DBT intervention. Repeated Measures ANOVAs were used to examine changes over time. The primary outcome was eating disorder psychopathology. Exploratory outcomes were BMI, obsessive-compulsive personality traits, emotion regulation, work function and treatment utilization. Statistically significant reductions in eating disorder psychopathology, albeit mean EDE-Q scores remained above the established clinical cutoff, and increases in BMI from pre-treatment to post-treatment were sustained at 6-month follow-up with significant effects of time. A statistically significant reduction in the doggedness scale in FFOCI-SF was observed between pre-treatment and the 6-month follow-up. Findings suggest that participation in RO-DBT is associated with sustained improvements in eating disorder symptoms and BMI for individuals with anorexia nervosa, suggesting that RO-DBT is a treatment alternative for anorexia nervosa that warrants further evaluation in controlled trials.

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Routledge, 2026.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-256586DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2026.2692539ISI: 001804428800001PubMedID: 42345447Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105043418250OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-256586DiVA, id: diva2:2086783
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NIH (National Institutes of Health), R01 MH126984Region VästernorrlandUmeå UniversityAvailable from: 2026-07-16 Created: 2026-07-16 Last updated: 2026-07-16

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