Therapeutic alliance and symptom change in enhanced cognitive-behavioural therapy for eating disorders
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Method 200 individuals (16+ years) admitted to the CBT-E treatment program at the Centre for Clinical Interventions completed the Helping Alliance Questionnaire-2nd Edition (HAQ-II; Luborsky et al., 1996) and the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q; Fairburn & cooper, 1993) at the start, middle, and end of treatment as well as baseline and post-treatment measures of related pathology.
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