Clinical effectiveness of treatments for anorexia nervosa in adolescents

Simon Gowers, Andrew Clark, Chris Roberts, Alison Griffiths, Vanessa Edwards, Claudine Bryan, Nicola Smethurst, Sarah Byford, Barbara Barrett

The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2007 · 239 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

First-line in-patient psychiatric treatment does not provide advantages over out-patient management. Out-patient treatment failures do very poorly on transfer to in-patient facilities.

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