Intensive community and home-based treatments for eating disorders: a scoping review study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Institutionally based intensive treatment modalities (inpatient, day patient and residential treatments) for eating disorders (EDs) are associated with high treatment costs and significant challenges for patients and carers, including access difficulties and disruption to daily routines. Intensive community and home-based treatments have been suggested as alternatives to institutionally based intensive treatments for other severe mental illnesses, with promising clinical, social and health economic outcomes. The possible advantages of these treatments have been proposed for EDs, but this emerging area of research has not yet been systematically investigated. This scoping review aims to map the available literature on intensive community and home treatments for EDs, foc

SUBMITTER: Ince B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9933757 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature