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Krista E. Brown
Researcher at St. Paul's Hospital
Publications - 9
Citations - 248
Krista E. Brown is an academic researcher from St. Paul's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Test validity. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications receiving 224 citations. Previous affiliations of Krista E. Brown include Providence Health Care & University of British Columbia.
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Development and multi-site validation of a new condition-specific quality of life measure for eating disorders
Carol E. Adair,Gisele C Marcoux,Brian S Cram,Brian S Cram,Carol Ewashen,Janet Chafe,Stephanie E. Cassin,Stephanie E. Cassin,Jorge Pinzon,Joanne Gusella,Josie Geller,Josie Geller,Yvette Scattolon,Patricia Fergusson,Lisa Styles,Krista E. Brown +15 more
TL;DR: The development and validation of a condition-specific QoL measure for adolescents and adults with eating disorders – the Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale (EDQLS) and its promising psychometric characteristics may be useful for evaluating ED treatment effectiveness.
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Collaborative versus directive interventions in the treatment of eating disorders: Implications for care providers
TL;DR: This research compared the responses of clients with eating disorders and those of care providers to written clinical vignettes to find out what approach is helpful in working with this challenging group.
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Assessing readiness for change in adolescents with eating disorders.
TL;DR: RMI readiness profiles across eating disorder symptom domains in adolescents were comparable to those in adults, with higher reported readiness to change binge eating than to change dietary restriction or compensatory strategies.
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Supporting friends and family members with eating disorders: discrepancies between intentions and reality.
Krista E. Brown,Josie Geller +1 more
TL;DR: Although collaborative approaches were rated more favorably than controlling approaches, 76% of responses generated by participants fell into the latter category, and the implications of these findings to the treatment and prevention of eating disorders are addressed.
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Factors associated with improvements in readiness for change: low vs. normal BMI eating disorders.
Josie Geller,Josie Geller,Stephanie E. Cassin,Krista E. Brown,Krista E. Brown,Suja Srikameswaran,Suja Srikameswaran +6 more
TL;DR: Correlates of readiness differed between low and normal BMI participants, suggesting that weight status may be an important variable to consider in preparing highly ambivalent individuals for treatment.