Conceptualising specialist supportive clinical management (SSCM): current evidence and future directions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current evidence-based treatments for adult anorexia nervosa (AN) have limitations, with high attrition, very poor outcomes for 20% of people, and no clearly superior manualised therapy for adults with AN. Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) was designed as a control treatment but has evolved as a valid first line treatment. The present paper aims to provide an overview of the evidence base for SSCM and a pedagogical reconceptualization with expansion by theoretical integration (TI). BODY: A secondary meta-analysis endorses SSCM as a promising treatment. This paper positions SSCM as a manualised therapy for adult AN with six unique features, namely (1) a philosophy which is person-centred, non-prescriptive, and informed by the person's strengths and values,

SUBMITTER: Kiely L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8900319 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature