ABSTRACT

As the field of eating disorders (EDs) advances, we continue to gain an improved understanding of the status of our current treatments and their relative efficacy in improving the medical and psychological welfare of the clients that we treat (Watson & Bulik, 2013). Overall, significant advancements have been made in terms of delivering improved treatments to our clients, and simultaneously, new and improved treatments are desperately needed. Even in our most highly regarded treatments, there continues to be a substantial proportion of clients who do not respond favorably and certain subpopulations for which there are no effective treatments (Hay, Touyz, & Sud, 2012; Watson et al., 2013), leaving much to be desired of our existing treatment base.