ArticleJournal of eating disorders2014
A systematic review of the frequency, duration, type and effect of involuntary treatment for people with anorexia nervosa, and an analysis of patient characteristics.
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- Compulsory treatments in eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Pooled it
- Predictive factors of dropout from inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa.BMC psychiatry · 2016Trial
- Ethical issues related to restrictive practices for anorexia nervosa in young people.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Clinical guidance for the use of nasogastric tube feeding under restraint in eating disorders care: a systematic scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Psychiatric and somatic morbidity patterns among patients diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and the risk of involuntary treatment: register-based cohort study.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2026Article
- Clinicians' Experiences of Providing Compulsory Care for Youth With Anorexia Nervosa: A Qualitative Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Construction of a register-based severity index for anorexia nervosa in Denmark: Association with overall and cause-specific mortality.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Article
- Clinical, legal and ethical implications of coercion and compulsory treatment in eating disorders: do rapid review findings identify clear answers or more muddy waters?Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Discordant conceptualisations of eating disorder recovery and their influence on the construct of terminality.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Involuntary Treatment for Child and Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa-A Narrative Review and Possible Advances to Move Away from Coercion.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Prevalence and correlates of restrictive interventions in an Irish child and adolescent psychiatric unit: a 4-year retrospective study.Irish journal of medical science · 2023Article
- Involuntary treatment in patients with anorexia nervosa: utilization patterns and associated factors.Psychological medicine · 2023Article
- Nasogastric tube feeding under physical restraint on paediatric wards: ethical, legal and practical considerations regarding this lifesaving intervention.BJPsych bulletin · 2023Article
- AgRP neurons coordinate the mitigation of activity-based anorexia.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Article
- Living and leaving a life of coercion: a qualitative interview study of patients with anorexia nervosa and multiple involuntary treatment events.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Influence of eating disorder psychopathology and general psychopathology on the risk of involuntary treatment in anorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- [A palliative approach for severest anorexia nervosa?]Der Nervenarzt · 2020Review
- Perspectives on Involuntary Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Physical restraint during inpatient treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa: frequency, clinical correlates, and associations with outcome at five-year follow-up.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Editorial: globalisation and the journal of eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveInvoluntary treatment of anorexia nervosa is controversial and costly. A better understanding of the conditions that determine involuntary treatment, as well as the effect of such treatment is needed in order to adequately assess the legitimacy of this model of care. The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency and duration of involuntary treatment, the characteristics of this group of patients, the kind of involuntary actions that are applied and the effect of such actions. REVIEW: Relevant databases were systematically searched for studies investigating the involuntary treatment of individuals diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.
resultsThe studies included in the review contained people treated in an inpatient setting for severe or severe and enduring anorexia nervosa. People that were treated involuntarily were characterised by a more severe psychiatric load. The levels of eating disorder pathology between involuntary and voluntary groups were similar and the outcome of involuntary treatment was comparable in terms of symptom reduction to that of voluntary treatment.
conclusionDespite inconsistent findings, the comparable levels of eating disorder pathology observed between involuntary and voluntary patient-groups together with findings of higher co-morbidity, more preadmissions, longer duration of illness and more incidences of self-harm for involuntary patients suggest that involuntary treatment is not a reaction to the severity of eating disorder symptoms alone, but is most likely a response to the complexity of the patient's situation as a whole.
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