Psychomotor therapy and aggression regulation in eating disorders.

The purpose of this study is to support the need to address anger and aggression in evidence-based treatment of eating disorders and to introduce psychomotor therapy as a body oriented therapy for aggression regulation. The ultimate goal is to accelerate the overall process of (multidisciplinary) treatment by triggering a functional self-expression.

The module aggression regulation is expected to have a positive effect on the regulation of aggression and, via this, also on eating behavior and general functioning.

For the daycenter:

At start TAU, after 2 months (randomization and start intervention), after 4 months (end of the intervention), after 6-9 months (end TAU).



For the outpatient setting:

At start inervention after intake, after 2 months (end of intervention), after 3-5 months (end dietgroup).

For the daycenter:

'Treatment-as-usual’ (TAU) lasts 6-9 months and is multidisciplinary in nature. Patients follow a 4-day program. The module aggression regulation is a regular part of this program, but is only offered to 2 patients at a time (TAU + module: condition A). The other patients follow the regular program (only TAU: condition B). The module consists of 6 weekly sessions of 1 hour.

If time allows, patients in the control condition may follow the module later on, after a waiting period.



For the outpatient clinic:

Regularly patients with eating disorders will be offered a diet-group but this group only starts after 6-7 weeks. The module will be offered during this waitingperiod. One group will follow the module and afterward the dietgroup (Module+ TAU; group A), one group will enter the dietgroup after the regular waitingperiod (waitingperiod + TAU; group B).