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Anorexia nervosa

l one particular patient with whom he had a highly successful outcome. He found family therapy very useful in young patients with anorexia nervosa of short duration.

Robin et al (1999) found similar results in a study comparing the effects of behavioral family systems therapy (BFST) and ego-oriented individual therapy (EOIT). They studied 37 adolescent females between the ages of 11 and 20 years with anorexia nervosa, living at home with one or both parents. Comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders was determined using the mood and anxiety disorder sections of the DSM-III Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents, and showed that 54 percent met the criteria for a mood disorder and 13 percent met the criteria for an anxiety disorder.

After a 6-hour preassessment session for both parents and adolescents, therapy was continued for 12 to 18 months depending on the length of time necessary to optimize outcomes. All patients underwent a common dietary regimen, which allowed for a one pound weight gain per week. In family therapy sessions, parents were taught to take charge of the patient's weight gain. When this was accomplished, cognitive restructuring techniques were used to correct the patient's distorted body image and unrealistic beliefs about food. Finally, the therapists guided parents in returning control over eating to the patient, and taught the patient effective conflict resolution measures. This differs a little from Le Grange's method in that it does not appear to look at familial dysfunction or address issues of conflict within the family and attitudes of other family members towards the patient.

In the individual ego-oriented therapy, bimonthly collateral meetings with the parent and the patient were held. Individual sessions focused on ego strength, coping skills, identity clarification, and other personal issues regarding physical, social and emotional growth and their relationship to weight, eat...

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