TREATMENT EVALUATION FOR EATING DISORDERS BY CLIENTS WITH EATING DISORDERS

A group of 54 clients with eating disorders who attended a college-bas ed, group counselling service evaluated four treatments for eating dis orders. Individual discussion of problems was uniformly rated as more acceptable than two behavioural treatments (systematic desensitization , and goals and relaxation) which were, in turn, rated as more accepta ble than drug treatment. Methodological problems with this form of con sumer evaluation and the need for further evaluation of behaviour ther apy within a wider range of clinical populations are discussed.