This trial is evaluating whether Positive Affect Treatment will improve 1 primary outcome in patients with Anorexia Nervosa. Measurement will happen over the course of 20-weeks.
This trial requires 25 total participants across 2 different treatment groups
This trial involves 2 different treatments. Positive Affect Treatment is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
"In a recent study, findings question whether AN is an illness that can be cured at all. Further, some of our patients achieved or maintained remission without intensive mental health care." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"There is no single cause of AN, but most are believed to be triggered by a combination of underlying physical, mental, or emotional problems (including traumatic memories), though it is still unknown how or why they come together to produce the illness. All are linked to the individual's environment (including social attitudes, economic conditions, upbringing, peer pressure, religion, and family history of eating disorders).\n" - Anonymous Online Contributor
"[The term anorexia nervosa was suggested earlier but in some cases, was actually not used by its founders] (https://cdncf.fms.harvard.edu/medico/clinical_prognoses/chapt.0.html). The most prominent characteristic of anorexia nervosa is an [overweighting] sense of low body mass and an ideal body image. This ideal weight will vary based upon the individual's height and sex. [A number of conditions that may affect body weight] (http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"A substantial proportion of individuals with AN and binge eating disorder have a psychiatric comorbidity. Many of this problem can be treated using a combination of mental health treatment and weight restoration. At times, referral to a bulimia nervosa specialist or other eating disorder specialist may be appropriate. The use of clomipramine or SSRIs may enhance outcomes." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Approximately 30,000 people were diagnosed with anorexia nervosa each year in the United States. The risk of developing anorexia is not evenly distributed among individuals depending on socioeconomic variables such as ethnicity, country of residence, or family history of anorexia nervosa. As the number of people with anorexia nervosa steadily increases, the public health care system will need to make sure that it has the resources to provide for the care of patients in the United States who have anorexia nervosa." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"About 20–40% of AN outpatients present with the following symptoms: dysphoric thoughts, feelings of low weight, and food cravings. The severity, frequency and duration of these symptoms can determine the likelihood of a diagnosis of AN and the requirement for hospital admission." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The research findings on anorexia nervosa indicate an increasing role for medical genetics in its diagnosis, diagnosis, and treatment. This was especially evident in the area of adolescent or minority presentations and the research findings that anorexia nervosa and its symptoms exist outside the typical age range of diagnoses for this pathology." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The lack of a significant advancement in the treatment of anorexia nervosa implies that the existing treatment protocol is inadequate and needs to be re-evaluated." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Given the high correlation between QoL and positive affect, further research is needed to support the hypothesis that positive affect treatment can alleviate symptoms of anorexia nervosa." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Positive affect therapy appears to be an effective treatment for AN but the few studies evaluating its effects have had relatively small sample sizes. [The patient has anorexia nervosa] and many of these patients also exhibit high scores on cognitive-affective symptoms. Further, the majority of subjects in these studies had a history of depression. Therefore, it may be that positive affect therapy is beneficial for treating mental comorbid conditions in AN patients. However, only one randomized controlled study has examined the efficacy of the positive affect treatment in AN." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The findings suggest that a brief intervention based on the effects of positive emotion is efficacious in reducing anorectic symptoms, however, additional research is needed to examine the long-term consequences of this treatment strategy." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Anorexia nervosa is a chronic, severe eating disorder. Although it is hard to identify at a young age, the prevalence of anorexia nervosa is not rare at the age of 18 years. The number of cases of anorexia nervosa has the same trend as that of other psychiatric diseases. While there are many theories about the cause of anorexia nervosa, there is yet no agreement on the pathogenesis of the illness. It is important to diagnose anorexia nervosa at an early age to prevent the occurrence of severe physical, psychological, metabolic, family and social problems, which could only be delayed by the course of treatment of serious complication due to anorexia nervosa." - Anonymous Online Contributor