Clinical Trials

Sponsor(s): The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Condition(s):

Eating Disorders
Anorexia
Anorexia Nervosa
Eating Disorder

Purpose: 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.

Eligibility:

Minimum Age:

18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Inclusion Criteria:

- 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

- 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.

Other Location(s): Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States

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