Evaluation of Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Youth At Risk for Developing Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders

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Conditions studied: Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, Atypical, Feeding and Eating Disorders

In brief

The goal of this experimental interventional study is to learn if the psychological treatment Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), is feasible to conduct and provide positive effects for adolescents with eating disorders and emotional overcontrol. Participants will be those at risk for developing severe and enduring eating disorder symptoms, as they have not responded fully to previous treatment attempts. Primary outcomes are feasibility and changes in eating disorder symptoms. Secondary outcomes are changes in unhelpful behaviors and experiences related to emotional overcontrol; including psychological inflexibility, suppression of emotions, and experience of loneliness. The participants will undergo the treatment with RO-DBT, which include an approximately 22 week long treatment consisting of individual psychotherapy and parallel skills training in group.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06792071
Run by: Uppsala University Hospital
People needed: 18
Starts: 2025-02-01
Expected to finish: 2027-07-01
Last updated by the study team: 2025-01-24

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Being 14-19 years old
Primarily restrictive eating disorder symptoms that remain despite at least one previous treatment attempt.
Problems related to maladaptive overcontrol
Written informed consent (for minors, this includes consent from all caregivers and the minors themselves).

You may not qualify if…

Eating disorders symptoms in need of emergency care
High risk for suicide
An inability to respond to the questionnaires or participate in the skills class, e.g., due to lack of knowledge in Swedish.

Where it is running

Uppsala University Hospital — Uppsala, Sweden (enrolling)

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