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To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of family therapy versus individual supportive therapy in patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

December 1, 1987Archives of General Psychiatry

An Evaluation of Family Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

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GRGerald RussellUniversity of London

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Randomized trial reveals family therapy outperforms individual therapy in early-onset eating disorders, highlighting age-dependent treatment indications.

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To evaluate the comparative effectiveness of family therapy versus individual supportive therapy in patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
Eighty patients (57 with anorexia nervosa; 23 with bulimia nervosa) were initially admitted to a specialized inpatient unit for weight restoration to normal levels.
Before discharge, participants were randomly allocated to either family therapy or control treatment with individual supportive therapy for one year.
Outcomes were reassessed after one year of psychological treatment using body weight, menstrual function, and scores on the Morgan and Russell scales.
Family therapy was significantly more effective than individual supportive therapy in patients with non-chronic illness that began before age 19 years (quantitative outcome metrics not reported).
Individual supportive therapy showed a tentative clinical advantage over family therapy among older patient cohorts (quantitative outcome metrics not reported).

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Gerald Russell (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1be3f627b545b111a92bb9 https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1987.01800240021004

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Randomized trial reveals family therapy outperforms individual therapy in early-onset eating disorders, highlighting age-dependent treatment indications.

An Evaluation of Family Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

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An Evaluation of Family Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

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