Source
Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. virginia.mcintosh@chmeds.ac.nz
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
This article presents the rationale for, and description of, a nonspecialized therapy for anorexia nervosa, called specialist supportive clinical management (SSCM).
METHOD:
Clinical management and supportive psychotherapy models of treatment are outlined. SSCM is described, as it was delivered in a clinical trial of psychotherapies for adult women with anorexia nervosa.
RESULTS:
The primary focus of SSCM for anorexia nervosa is the resumption of normal eating and the restoration of weight. Therapy aims to maintain a therapeutic relationship that facilitates the return to normal eating, and to enable other life issues that may impact on the eating disorder to be addressed.
CONCLUSION:
Possible effective components of SSCM are discussed.
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