Brief Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 151 (2) , 185-191
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.151.2.185
Abstract
Thirty out-patients with severe anorexia nervosa were randomly allocated to either 12 sessions of dietary advice or 12 sessions of combined individual and family psychotherapy. At one-year follow-up both groups showed significant overall improvement, and the dietary advice group showed significant weight gain. A similar mean weight gain for the psychotherapy patients did not reach statistical significance, but this group made significant improvements in sexual and social adjustment.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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