Evaluation of Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Youth At Risk for Developing Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders

The goal of this experimental interventional study is to learn if the psychological treatment Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT), is feasible to conduct and provide positive effects for adolescents with eating disorders and emotional overcontrol. Participants will be those at risk for developing severe and enduring eating disorder symptoms, as they have not responded fully to previous treatment attempts. Primary outcomes are feasibility and changes in eating disorder symptoms. Secondary outcomes are changes in unhelpful behaviors and experiences related to emotional overcontrol; including psychological inflexibility, suppression of emotions, and experience of loneliness. The participants will undergo the treatment with RO-DBT, which include an approximately 22 week long treatment consisting of individual psychotherapy and parallel skills training in group.

NCT Number	NCT06792071
Lead Sponsor	Uppsala University Hospital Collaborators: Forskningsrådet för hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd (FORTE), The Söderströmska-Königska Foundation, Fonden för psykisk hälsa
Conditions	Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, Atypical, Feeding and Eating Disorders
Enrollment	18 participants
Start Date	2025-02
Primary Completion	2026-12 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-07 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-01-24