Hall A, Crisp A H
St. George's Hospital Medical School, London.
Br J Psychiatry. 1987 Aug;151:185-91. doi: 10.1192/bjp.151.2.185.
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.
