Cognitive behavioral therapy may reduce relapse risk for adults with AN after weight restoration , although its efficacy in the underweight state remains unknown .
Variants of family therapy are efficacious in adolescents , but not in adults .
Evidence for AN treatment is weak ; evidence for treatment-related harms and factors associated with efficacy of treatment are weak ; and evidence for differential outcome by sociodemographic factors is nonexistent .
OBJECTIVE The RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence -based Practice Center ( RTI-UNC EPC ) systematic ally review ed evidence on efficacy of treatment for anorexia nervosa ( AN ) , harms associated with treatments , factors associated with treatment efficacy , and differential outcome by sociodemographic characteristics .
Neuroleptics in the short-term treatment of anorexia nervosa. A double-blind placebo-controlled study with sulpiride.
There is a remarkable lack of controlled investigations about the usefulness of psychotropic drugs in anorexia nervosa despite the popular use of neuroleptics in these patients . Inspired by a previous study using pimozide , a double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over study with sulpiride was carried out in 18 female anorexia nervosa in patients . No direct effect of sulpiride has been established with regard to behavioural and attitudinal characteristics as measured by behaviour observation scales as well as by two self-report question naires ( Eating Attitudes Test , Body Attitudes Test ) . Regarding daily weight gain , sulpiride was on the whole superior to placebo , especially in the first treatment period of three weeks . In the cross-over analysis , however , this effect did not reach statistical significance
Cognitive behavioral therapy may reduce relapse risk for adults with AN after weight restoration , although its efficacy in the underweight state remains unknown .
Variants of family therapy are efficacious in adolescents , but not in adults .
Evidence for AN treatment is weak ; evidence for treatment-related harms and factors associated with efficacy of treatment are weak ; and evidence for differential outcome by sociodemographic factors is nonexistent .
OBJECTIVE The RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence -based Practice Center ( RTI-UNC EPC ) systematic ally review ed evidence on efficacy of treatment for anorexia nervosa ( AN ) , harms associated with treatments , factors associated with treatment efficacy , and differential outcome by sociodemographic characteristics .