Effectiveness of stress-based mindfulness therapy on distress tolerance in women with anorexia nervosa

Eating disorders have been widespread in recent decades, especially in teenage girls. The harmful effects of this disorder and its associated disorders have been remarkable. Disruption of emotional processes such as distress tolerance is one of the main problems associated with anorexia nervosa and needs to be addressed. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of mindfulness intervention based stress reduction on distress tolerance in women with anorexia nervosa.The research design of the study was a single subject. The population of this study was all women with anorexia in Isfahan, in 2016, among whom two women were selected through convenience sampling. 2 baseline, six therapeutic, and two follow-up sessions were administrated for each participant.  Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS), were responded in every session by the participants. Visual analysis, including inter- and intra-situational reports, were used to analyze the data for each dependent variable. The results showed that the intervention applied in the study was useful in distress tolerance (PND  100%). Based on the results of the survey, stress-based mindfulness therapy can be applied as an efficient intervention on some critical aspects of the mental health of women with anorexia.