Exposure with response prevention, training in energy balance, and problem solving therapy for bulimia nervosa

Abstract

Eight bulimic females completed a 16-week comprehensive behavioral treatment program consisting of three interventions: exposure with response prevention (ERP), training in energy balance (EB), and personal social problem solving (PSPS). Together the interventions contributed to a 89.9% average reduction in vomiting below the baseline level. Significant changes were also evident in self-report measures of psychopathology, social anxiety, and depression. Five of six subjects available at a one year follow-up maintained or enhanced the gains made during the course of treatment.