Time Course of Relapse Following Acute Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is long-standing interest in how best to define stages of illness for anorexia nervosa, including remission and recovery. The authors used data from a previously published study to examine the time course of relapse over the year following full weight restoration.

Methods

Following weight restoration in an acute care setting, 93 women with anorexia nervosa were randomly assigned to receive fluoxetine or placebo and were discharged to outpatient care, where they also received cognitive-behavioral therapy for up to 1 year. Relapse was defined on the basis of a priori clinical criteria. Fluoxetine had no impact on the time to relapse. In the present analysis, for each day after entry into the study, the risk of relapse over the following 60 days and the followin

SUBMITTER: Walsh BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8440387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature