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The American Journal of Psychiatry recently published a study on the effectiveness of two types of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for treating eating disorders.  The study tracked patients who had undergone either focused CBT, which focused solely on features of eating disorders, or broad-based CBT, which addressed other issues such as depression and low self esteem.  The study concluded  that both types of therapy are helpful, and that broad-based CBT had better results for complex cases.

Hat tip: The Phrenologist's Notebook

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The Lancet has published a series of very interesting articles on child maltreatment.  In one of the articles, a group of doctors and psychologists from the UK, USA, Canada and New Zealand reviewed various programs to prevent and treat abuse.  They concluded that the sexual abuse treatment with the most research support  is trauma-focused cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT).  They noted weaknesses in many of the studies of CBT, but noted the consensus that CBT "should be considered as the first-line treatment for sexually abused children and their families."

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