Eating disorders are psychiatric ilnesses that cause serious health problems. Although treatmentmethods are highly developed, the desired treatment level has not been reached yet. So a full remis-sion can only be achieved in half of the patients who applied for treatment. For a full recovery, a long-term treatment model which has been applied by a multidisciplinary team is recommended, but thesetreatments can be very costy. As in all psychological problems, it is very important to handle relation-al factors in the treatment of eating disorders and it is considered that if relational factors are thefocus of interventions, it will enhance the efctivenes of treatment. This study examines how grouppsychotherapies are applied in dfferent types of eating disorders, their theoretical origins, the focusesof practice and their efectiveness. In the light of the findings, it is understood that group psychother-apies are promising therapeutic options in terms of therapeutic efcacy and cose-fectivess, whiccan be preferred for appropriate cases.
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