Compulsory treatment of anorexia nervosa and the moribund patient

A systematic review of the frequency, duration, type and effect of involuntary treatment for people with anorexia nervosa, and an analysis of patient characteristics

“…One study examined the outcome of involuntary patients only [23], while the remaining studies compared patients treated involuntary with patients treated voluntary.…”

A systematic review of the frequency, duration, type and effect of involuntary treatment for people with anorexia nervosa, and an analysis of patient characteristics

“…One study examined the outcome of involuntary patients only [23], while the remaining studies compared patients treated involuntary with patients treated voluntary.…”

Compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: A review

“…The conversion to acknowledging the need for treatment is similar to the general psychiatric population . Adherence to treatment does not seem to be worsened by the use of compulsion in general psychiatry, which is also described by eating disorder clinicians …”

Compulsory treatments in eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Information on illness duration (before treatment) was reported in 5 articles. Illness duration was longer in the compulsorily treated groups in three articles [37,43,45], was shorter in another article [36] and was similar in the last one [47]. Overall, mean illness duration was not statistically significantly different between the compulsory and voluntary group (Fig.…”

“…When only articles on patients affected by AN were considered, differences were similar and not statistically significant. Noticeably, regardless of type of treatment, in four [36,43,45,46] out of six studies, BMI at discharge remained below 18.5 kg/m 2 .…”

“…All studies but one [47] concerned patients with mean BMI equal or lower than 15 kg/m 2 . The lowest mean BMI (11.8 ± 2.3 kg/m 2 ) was reported in the compulsory group by Serfaty and colleagues in a small study published in 1998 [43]. Although only two studies [36,45] reported a statistically significant difference in mean BMI at admission between groups, overall the compulsory-treated patients (N = 226) had a slightly lower mean BMI compared to the voluntary ones (N = 704) with an estimated mean difference equal to 0.57 kg/m 2 (confidence interval: − 0.22 to − 0.91) (Fig.…”

A systematic review of the frequency, duration, type and effect of involuntary treatment for people with anorexia nervosa, and an analysis of patient characteristics

“…One study examined the outcome of involuntary patients only [23], while the remaining studies compared patients treated involuntary with patients treated voluntary.…”

Compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: A review

“…The conversion to acknowledging the need for treatment is similar to the general psychiatric population . Adherence to treatment does not seem to be worsened by the use of compulsion in general psychiatry, which is also described by eating disorder clinicians …”

Compulsory treatments in eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Information on illness duration (before treatment) was reported in 5 articles. Illness duration was longer in the compulsorily treated groups in three articles [37,43,45], was shorter in another article [36] and was similar in the last one [47]. Overall, mean illness duration was not statistically significantly different between the compulsory and voluntary group (Fig.…”

“…When only articles on patients affected by AN were considered, differences were similar and not statistically significant. Noticeably, regardless of type of treatment, in four [36,43,45,46] out of six studies, BMI at discharge remained below 18.5 kg/m 2 .…”

“…All studies but one [47] concerned patients with mean BMI equal or lower than 15 kg/m 2 . The lowest mean BMI (11.8 ± 2.3 kg/m 2 ) was reported in the compulsory group by Serfaty and colleagues in a small study published in 1998 [43]. Although only two studies [36,45] reported a statistically significant difference in mean BMI at admission between groups, overall the compulsory-treated patients (N = 226) had a slightly lower mean BMI compared to the voluntary ones (N = 704) with an estimated mean difference equal to 0.57 kg/m 2 (confidence interval: − 0.22 to − 0.91) (Fig.…”

A systematic review of the frequency, duration, type and effect of involuntary treatment for people with anorexia nervosa, and an analysis of patient characteristics

“…One study examined the outcome of involuntary patients only [23], while the remaining studies compared patients treated involuntary with patients treated voluntary.…”

Compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: A review

“…The conversion to acknowledging the need for treatment is similar to the general psychiatric population . Adherence to treatment does not seem to be worsened by the use of compulsion in general psychiatry, which is also described by eating disorder clinicians …”

Compulsory treatments in eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Information on illness duration (before treatment) was reported in 5 articles. Illness duration was longer in the compulsorily treated groups in three articles [37,43,45], was shorter in another article [36] and was similar in the last one [47]. Overall, mean illness duration was not statistically significantly different between the compulsory and voluntary group (Fig.…”

“…When only articles on patients affected by AN were considered, differences were similar and not statistically significant. Noticeably, regardless of type of treatment, in four [36,43,45,46] out of six studies, BMI at discharge remained below 18.5 kg/m 2 .…”

“…All studies but one [47] concerned patients with mean BMI equal or lower than 15 kg/m 2 . The lowest mean BMI (11.8 ± 2.3 kg/m 2 ) was reported in the compulsory group by Serfaty and colleagues in a small study published in 1998 [43]. Although only two studies [36,45] reported a statistically significant difference in mean BMI at admission between groups, overall the compulsory-treated patients (N = 226) had a slightly lower mean BMI compared to the voluntary ones (N = 704) with an estimated mean difference equal to 0.57 kg/m 2 (confidence interval: − 0.22 to − 0.91) (Fig.…”