UCAN: Uniting Couples in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa



Status:Archived
Conditions:Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any
Updated:7/1/2011
Start Date:April 2008
End Date:June 2011

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Innovative Trial for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in Late Adolescence and Adulthood


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.


Patients receive comprehensive eating disorder treatment at the UNC Eating Disorders
Outpatient Program in addition to couples therapy. Eligibility: Participants may be eligible
if they are 18 or older, have anorexia nervosa and are currently living with a partner with
whom they have been in a committed relationship for at least a year. The partner must also
be willing to enter treatment.


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University of North Carolina Hospital at Chapel Hill
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
(919) 966-4131
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