Adolescent anorexia nervosa treated in primary care with a family-based method - long-term outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anorexia nervosa is a potentially lethal psychiatric disorder characterised by restrictive eating and weight loss. Adolescent patients were treated as outpatients using a novel method which involved coaching the parents to take full responsibility for their child's nutrition. In this follow-up cohort study, we compared the long-term outcomes of patients treated in primary care using the family-based coaching method (FBcM-PC) with those treated in tertiary care using traditional treatment.

Methods

The cohort included all adolescent patients with a restrictive eating disorder treated initially in Oulu University Hospital and/or Oulu Primary Health Care centre between 2013 and 2019. Patients (n = 168) were contacted and asked to fill out a health questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Ronkainen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12918308 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature