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Behaviour Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Elke D. Eckert ,
Solomon C. Goldberg ,
Katherine A. Halmi ,
Regina C. Casper  and
John M. Davis
Elke D. Eckert
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Box 393 Mayo Bldg, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Solomon C. Goldberg
Affiliation:
Psychopharmacology Research Branch, National Institutes of Mental Health, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm. 9–105, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Katherine A. Halmi
Affiliation:
University of Iowa College of Medicine, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Regina C. Casper
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, West Side Medical Center, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60625
John M. Davis
Affiliation:
University of Chicago, Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, West Side Medical Center, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60625
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Summary

In three collaborating hospitals, 81 anorexia nervosa patients were randomly assigned to behaviour modification or its absence and followed over 35 days. There was no overall significant difference in weight gain in the two groups except in a subset of patients: those with no prior out-patient treatments.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 134 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 55 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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