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 .
Controlled trial of zinc supplementation in anorexia nervosa.
Zinc supplementation of anorexia nervosa ( AN ) patients has been reported to increase the weight gain of AN patients in open trials . In this r and omized , double-blind , placebo-controlled trial 100 mg of zinc gluconate , or placebo , was given daily to 35 female AN in patients until they achieved a 10 % increase in body mass index ( BMI ) . The rate of increase in BMI of the zinc supplemented group ( n = 16 ) was twice that of the placebo group ( n = 19 ) , and this difference was statistically significant ( p = .03 ) . The use of zinc supplementation should be considered in the treatment of AN patients
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 .