Outpatient Psychotherapy

Research has found outpatient Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to be useful in treating Bulimia Nervosa. CBT is a structured psychotherapy aimed at helping patients develop a regular pattern of eating and providing psychoeducation about binge eating and purging. In addition, CBT focuses on increasing interpersonal functioning, targeting body image disturbances as well as issues of control and mood intolerance.

Inpatient/Day-Patient Treatment

Inpatient/day patient treatment is most helpful for those individuals unable to reduce binge eating and purging without the help of a highly structured setting. Typically, these programs have a multidisciplinary team approach that incorporates individual, family and group psychotherapy and are geared at normalizing eating habits and addressing disturbed thoughts about body shape and weight. Our clinic provides both inpatient and day-patient treatment for patients interested and eligible in the ongoing research studies.

Medication

Research indicates that medications are often a helpful component of treatment for Bulimia Nervosa. We are currently conducting medication trials for this disorder and can provide medication management for those individuals receiving therapy at our clinic.

If you are interested in finding out more about The Eating Disorders Clinic at The New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Medical Center, please E-mail us.