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W. Stewart Agras, MD; David H. Barlow, PhD; Harvey N Chapin, MD; Gene G. Abel, MD; Harold Leitenberg, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1974;30(3):279-286.

Abstract
A series of related single-case experiments were designed to clarify the separate therapeutic variables of the behavior modification treatment of anorexia nervosa. Positive and negative reinforcement, informational feedback, and the size of meals contributed to increased eating behavior.

Aspects of the data suggest that feedback of information as to weight and caloric intake may be the most important variable in that it sets the occasion for reinforcement. Without feedback, positive reinforcement appeared to be relatively ineffective.

Author Affiliations
Jackson, Miss; Burlington, Vt

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 2, 1973.

From the Department of Psychiatry, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (Drs. Agras, Barlow, Chapin, and Abel), and the Department of Psychology, the University of Vermont (Dr. Leitenberg.) Dr. Agras is currently with the Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif.

Reprint requests to the Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305 (Dr. Agras).

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