Psychodynamic profile and reflective functioning in patients with bulimia nervosa

Implementation of mentalization‐based treatment in a day hospital program for eating disorders—A pilot study

“…high RF scores; Pedersen et al., 2012)—therefore, it can be assumed that not all patients with ED may have a reduced capacity to mentalize (Mathiesen et al., 2015; Pedersen et al., 2012).…”

“…Finally, concerning the ability to mentalize in patients with ED, it is important to mention that a study from Denmark found considerable heterogeneity in patients with BN (subgroups with low and with. high RF scores; Pedersen et al, 2012)-therefore, it can be assumed that not all patients with ED may have a reduced capacity to mentalize (Mathiesen et al, 2015;Pedersen et al, 2012).…”

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a client with bulimia nervosa.

“…An initial report focused on behavioral outcomes indicated that subjects who received CBT showed more rapid improvement in binge eating and purging, and were more likely to achieve remission from those symptoms, though observed improvements in general functioning were more similar between groups (Poulsen et al, 2014). Additional research has focused on the therapeutic alliance, attachment, and reflective functioning among patients in the trial, with findings suggesting that there were no observed treatment group differences in the therapeutic alliance (Folke, Daniel, Poulsen, & Lunn, 2015); that client attachment security predicted therapeutic alliance across treatment groups (Folke et al, 2015); that client attachment was associated with therapist feelings (Daniel, Lunn, & Poulsen, 2015); that decrease of ED symptoms was associated with an increase in attachment security in PP but not in CBT (Daniel, Poulsen, & Lunn, 2016); that reflective functioning was highly variable among patients in the trial (Pedersen, Lunn, Katznelson, & Poulsen, 2012); and that low reflective functioning was linked to higher levels of alexithymia (Mathiesen et al, 2015).…”