Medication and psychotherapy in eating disorders: is there a gap between research and practice?

Table 4 Summary of psychotherapy received by sample

	AN		AN-sub-threshold		BN		BN-sub-threshold		Total
	(N = 44)		(N = 30)		(N = 126)		(N = 53)		(N = 253)
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Current therapy	27	61.4	16	53.3	61	48.4	19	35.8	123	48.6
CBT	14	31.8	10	33.3	25	19.8	10	18.9	110	23.3
Schema focussed therapy	1	2.3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0.4
Family therapy	6	13.6	3	10.0	5	4.0	2	3.8	16	6.3
Psychodynamic therapy	2	4.5	2	6.7	7	5.6	2	3.8	13	5.1
CAT	1	2.3	0	0	1	0.8	0	0	2	0.8
DBT	1	2.3	2	6.7	6	4.8	0	0	9	3.6
Counselling	1	4.5	2	6.7	3	2.4	2	3.8	8	3.2
Other	7	15.9	5	16.7	10	7.9	3	5.7	25	9.9
Don’t know type of therapy	5	11.4	6	20.0	21	16.7	12	22.4	44	17.4
Past therapy	41	93	25	83.3	102	81	39	73.6	207	81.8
CBT	23	52.3	19	63.3	52	41.3	25	47.2	119	47.0
Schema focussed therapy	1	2.3	2	6.7	4	3.2	1	1.9	8	3.2
Family therapy	14	31.8	12	40.0	22	17.5	12	22.4	60	23.7
Psychodynamic therapy	11	25.0	4	13.3	18	14.3	10	18.9	43	17.0
CAT	3	6.8	1	3.3	4	3.2	5	9.4	13	5.1
DBT	2	4.5	0	0	2	1.6	1	1.9	3	1.2
Counselling	2	4.5	2	6.7	2	1.6	1	1.9	7	2.8
Other	3	6.8	1	3.3	9	7.1	4	7.5	17	6.7
Don’t know type of therapy	8	18.2	5	16.7	38	30.2	10	18.9	61	24.1
Current and past psychological therapy	27	61.4	13	43.3	53	42.1	17	32.1	110	43.5
Combination therapy	19	43.2	11	36.7	36	28.6	9	17.0	75	29.6
Psychotherapy only	27	61.4	5	16.7	23	18.2	10	18.9	56	39.5
Medication only	7	15.9	5	16.7	13	10.3	9	17.0	30	11.9
No therapy	8	18.2	10	33.3	47	37.4	7	13.2	72	28.5

Key: AN Anorexia Nervosa, AN-sub-threshold, BN Bulimia Nervosa, BN-sub-threshold, CBT Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, CAT Cognitive Analytic Therapy, DBT Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

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