TreatmentPsychological treatments includes: Cognitive Analytical Theory (CAT) Interpersonal Therapy (ITP) Food Psychodynamic Theory (FPT) Family Interventions Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychological disorder, 20% of anorexics result in fatality. This eating disorder has the poorest prognosis or course and is very resistant to treatment.
The first goal in treatment of Anorexia Nervosa is to restore the individuals weight to low-normal range. For treatment to be effective long term and to avoid relapse one must also focus on the patient's underlying dysfunctional attitudes about body shape and inter-personal distributions in the patients life. For restricting anorexics the focus of the treatment must be on their marked anxiety over becoming obese, losing control of eating, and on their undue emphasis on thinness as a determinant of self-worth, happiness, and success. Each individual may be treated different due to age, health, gender, or severity of their conditions. Pharmaceuticals are more for reducing the patients anxiety and depression while going through treatment in order to avoid relapse. Psychological treatments have far more lasting affects. Pharmaceutical: Olanzapine Selective Serotonine Reputake inhibitors (SSRI) |
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Pharmacological Articles:
Article 1: In the article, Psychotropic drug treatment in anorexia nervosa, Matteo Balestrieri systematically reviewed published works about the effects on Anorexics who were using antidepressants and antipsychotics. There were no strong evidence of beneficial effects on the patients. Majority of studies focused on Olanzapine which was reported to only have positive side effects on the patient taking the drug and their BMI. 0-eds.a.ebscohost.com.library.uark.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c35bac0b-97af-4746-b064-65913122002b%40sessionmgr4009&vid=4&hid=4211 Article 2: In the article, What potential role is there for medication treatment in anorexia nervosa?, Scott J. Crow reviewed selected issues on the development of drug treatments for Anorexia. Crow looked at a wide variety of drugs in Anorexics that generally had negative results and concluded that pharmacology provides little use in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa 0-eds.a.ebscohost.com.library.uark.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c35bac0b-97af-4746-b064-65913122002b%40sessionmgr4009&vid=8&hid=4211 |
Psychosocial Articles:
Article 1: In the review, Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for eating problems and eating disorders, Pamela K. Keel provides data concerning the efficiency of various psychosocial interventions for eating disorders. Keel concluded that family treatment right no is the most effective for Anorexia. 0-eds.a.ebscohost.com.library.uark.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c35bac0b-97af-4746-b064-65913122002b%40sessionmgr4009&vid=12&hid=4211 Article 2: In the article, The therapeutic process in psychological treatments for eating disorders: A systematic review, Anne Brauhardt demonstrates the vast amount of psychological treatments for eating disorders and also demonstrates the efficiencies of the treatments. Brauhardt had inconclusive results but thoroughly examines multiple psychological treatments for eating disorders in her article. 0-eds.a.ebscohost.com.library.uark.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c35bac0b-97af-4746-b064-65913122002b%40sessionmgr4009&vid=17&hid=4211 |