Twenty years of psychotherapy research support the assertion that there is a direct correlation between rapid response to therapy and positive treatment outcomes. Factors like isolation, increased anxiety, lack of access to medical services, and lack of structure led...
By Jana Keith-Jennings, LMSW The majority of eating disorder treatments and research has been focused primarily on thin, straight, white, middle- or upper-class, able-bodied women with anorexia nervosa. While this focus has generated important findings, it has failed...
The guidelines set forth by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), inform that Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-E) is the most appropriate alternative to Family Based Treatment (FBT) (typically considered the gold standard) for...
By Jana Keith-Jennings, LMSW In an October 18, 2022 article titled “You Don’t Look Anorexic”, in the New York Times, it was noted that studies show as many as 4.9 percent of the female population, 1.2 percent of the male population, and as much as 7.5 percent of the...
Merging Family Based Treatment and Dialectical Behavior Therapy The majority of young people presenting with moderate to severe eating disorder symptoms can be expected to benefit from first line outpatient treatments like Family-Based Treatment and Enhanced Cognitive...