Virtual Versus In-Person Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Eating Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in United States–Based Treatment Facilities: Naturalistic Study

Dan V Blalock   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Philip S Mehler   ^{3, 4, 5} , MD ;   Deborah M Michel   ^{3, 6} , PhD ;   Alan Duffy   ³ , MS ;   Daniel Le Grange   ^{7, 8} , PhD ;   Anne M O'Melia   ^{3, 9} , MD ;   Renee D Rienecke   ^{10, 11} , PhD

¹ Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States

² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

³ Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Centers, Denver, CO, United States

⁴ Acute Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health, Denver, CO, United States

⁵ School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, United States

⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States

⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

⁸ Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago (Emeritus), Chicago, IL, United States

⁹ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States

¹⁰ Eating Recovery Center/Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center, Denver, CO, United States

¹¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States