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Signaling Matters: Radically Open-Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa

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RO (Radically Open)

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Radically open-dialectical behavior therapy (RO-DBT) is a transdiagnostic treatment targeting a spectrum of disorders characterized by excessive self-control or overcontrol (OC) (e.g., anorexia nervosa).

The feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of RO-DBT is evidence-based, supported by 20+ years of translational research, including two The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with refractory depression (Lynch et al. 2003, 2007), two open trials targeting adult anorexia nervosa (Chen et al. 2015; Lynch et al. 2013), one nonrandomized trial targeting treatment resistant overcontrolled adults (Keogh et al. in press), and a nearly completed multicenter RCT targeting overcontrol in chronic depression (Lynch et al. 2015b; http://www.reframed.org.uk). Interventions are informed by a neuroregulatory model that parses socio-emotional coping into three broad transacting elements; (1) perceptual-encoding...

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    Thomas R. Lynch & Roelie J. Hempel

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Lynch, T.R., Hempel, R.J. (2016). Signaling Matters: Radically Open-Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_163-1

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