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Feasibility and potential efficacy of radically open dialectical behavior therapy for anorexia nervosa
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
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
Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2747-9990
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1220-9680
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2025 (English)In: Eating Disorders, ISSN 1064-0266, E-ISSN 1532-530XArticle in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious health condition with insufficient treatment options. Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) offers a new treatment approach targeting maladaptive overcontrol, a proposed underlying mechanism in AN. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and the preliminary efficacy of a 32-week standard RO-DBT intervention for individuals with AN in an outpatient setting. Twenty-three participants with AN (median age 20 years; median illness duration 5 years; 95.7% female) were included. Feasibility was demonstrated by a high retention rate (83%) and satisfactory completion of outcome measures, while acceptability was demonstrated by high treatment satisfaction. Participation in RO-DBT was associated with significant reductions in eating disorder psychopathology (95% CI: 0.34–1.45, Cohen’s d = 0.90), significant increase in BMI (95% CI: 0.22–1.24, Cohen’s d = 0.74), and increased use of the emotion regulation strategy cognitive reappraisal (95% CI: 0.19–1.20, Cohen’s d = 0.70). These findings suggest that RO-DBT is a feasible, acceptable, and potentially effective treatment for AN.

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Routledge, 2025.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-242289DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2025.2524215ISI: 001526513100001PubMedID: 40646670Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105010482812OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-242289DiVA, id: diva2:1985103
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