UCAN: Uniting Couples in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

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Conditions studied: Anorexia Nervosa

In brief

UCAN is a research program funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and is part of the UNC Eating Disorders Program. UCAN aims to help couples work together in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Couples participate in UCAN over a period of six months and return for follow-up treatment three months after the end of the original six-month period. Patients receive weekly individual therapy, monthly psychiatry consultations, monthly dietary consultations in addition to being randomized to one of two types of weekly couples therapy. Participation in UCAN can help participants gain new confidence in facing anorexia as a team and can help us understand how best to involve partners in the treatment of eating disorders.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00928109

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

40

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-11-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Anorexia Nervosa,
• 18 years or older,
• BMI 16 or higher,
• In a committed relationship with a partner for 1 year or longer and currently living together.

You may not qualify if…

• Alcohol or drug dependence in past year,
• Current significant suicidal ideation,
• Developmental disability that would impair the ability of the participant to benefit from the intervention,
• Psychosis,
• BMI less than 16.

Where it is running

• UNC Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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