**6. Clinical practice research**

In conducting clinical practice research more work is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy with the athletic population. It is imperative that the research designs for studying effectiveness of interventions involve control groups, comparative trials, sequencing of treatment applications, randomization, and significant sample sizes to give sufficient statistical power. Clinical practice research needs to have clear, precise procedures for interventions being evaluated. The focus on clinical practice research should be on developing promising treatment approaches. The emphasis should be on symptom presentation and specific populations (ethnic minority groups, athletes, etc.). Other issues such as levels of care (e.g., inpatient, outpatient) also need to be evaluated in terms of effectiveness.

## **7. Summary**

Collegiate student athletes who have Bulimia Nervosa are a specialized population who need particular consideration for treatment interventions. The sport environment is influential on the presence, development, and maintenance of disordered eating symptoms. Clinicians treating collegiate student athletes with Bulimia Nervosa should be knowledgeable about the sport culture and its overarching influence on their experience with the eating disorder. Empirically supported treatments for Bulimia Nervosa include cognitive-behavioral therapy specifically enhanced cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. All of these treatments have promise for the collegiate student-athlete population; however, more rigorous clinical practice research needs to be done as well as

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**Early Identification and Intervention** 

