The mediating role of social connectedness between inflexibility, the suppression of emotional expression, and symptoms of eating disorders and depression in adolescents with restrictive eating disorders referred for radically open dialectical behavi

Findings suggest targeting social connectedness, as is the case in Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO DBT), may be a useful way to improve treatment outcomes for young people with restrictive eating disorders and co-morbid depressive symptoms. This fits with qualitative data that shows that taking a holistic approach during treatment, as opposed to being overly symptom focused, is needed and valued by young people and their family members.