An evaluation of the impact of introducing compassion focused therapy to a standard treatment programme for people with eating disorders
Journal article
Authors | Gale, Corinne, Gilbert, Paul, Read, Natalie and Goss, Ken |
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Abstract | Objective This study explored the outcome of introducing Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) into a standard treatment programme for people with eating disorders. In particular, the aim was to evaluate the principle that CFT can be used with people with eating disorders and improve eating disorder symptomatology. Method Routinely collected questionnaire data were used to assess cognitive and behavioural aspects of eating disorders and social functioning/well being (n = 99). Results There were significant improvements on all questionnaire measures during the programme. An analysis by diagnosis found that people with bulimia nervosa improved significantly more than people with anorexia nervosa on most of the subscales. Also, in terms of clinical significance, 73% of those with bulimia nervosa were considered to have made clinically reliable and significant improvements at the end of treatment (compared with 21% of people with anorexia nervosa and 30% of people with atypical eating disorders). Conclusion This study demonstrates the potential benefits of using CFT with people with eating disorders and highlights the need for further research on this new approach. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Objective This study explored the outcome of introducing Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) into a standard treatment programme for people with eating disorders. In particular, the aim was to evaluate the principle that CFT can be used with people with eating disorders and improve eating disorder symptomatology. Routinely collected questionnaire data were used to assess cognitive and behavioural aspects of eating disorders and social functioning/well being (n = 99). There were significant improvements on all questionnaire measures during the programme. An analysis by diagnosis found that people with bulimia nervosa improved significantly more than people with anorexia nervosa on most of the subscales. Also, in terms of clinical significance, 73% of those with bulimia nervosa were considered to have made clinically reliable and significant improvements at the end of treatment (compared with 21% of people with anorexia nervosa and 30% of people with atypical eating disorders). This study demonstrates the potential benefits of using CFT with people with eating disorders and highlights the need for further research on this new approach. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | |
Keywords | Compassion focused therapy; Eating disorders; Compassion |
Year | 2012 |
Journal | Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 10633995 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.1806 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621747 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/621747 | |
Publication dates | 28 Jun 2012 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 14 Jul 2017, 15:56 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy |
Contributors | Kingsway Hospital, University of Derby, Coventry Eating Disorder Service, Mental Health Research Unit; Kingsway Derby UK, Mental Health Research Unit; Kingsway Derby UK, Coventry Eating Disorders Service; Coventry UK and Coventry Eating Disorders Service; Coventry UK |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/93z75/an-evaluation-of-the-impact-of-introducing-compassion-focused-therapy-to-a-standard-treatment-programme-for-people-with-eating-disorders
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