Long-Term Effects of the Unified Treatment Model for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity with BIPOC Clients

This study focused on identifying the extent to which the Unified Treatment Model for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity (UTM) impacts eating disorder (ED) symptomology, depression, and anxiety in a sample of BIPOC clients in residential treatment. Self-reporting as female, non-binary, transgender, and other, this clinical sample of 470 BIPOC adult clients engaged in the UTM, with the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale measures administered at admission, discharge, and six-month follow-up. Researchers used three one-way repeated measures ANOVAs to determine the impact of the UTM on ED symptoms (F(2,330) = 96.321, p <.001, η² =.369), depressive symptoms (F(1.91, 292.79) = 63.191, p <.001, η² =.292), and anxiety (F(1.838, 306.937) = 23.984, p <.001, η² =.126). Results indicate that the UTM can improve ED, depression, and anxiety symptoms for BIPOC clients in residential treatment.