In the treatment of eating disorders, patients in either the acute or chronic stage are generally treated on outpatient basis as much as possible in the living condition of daily life. This paper describes the flow of diagnosis and treatment,first examination and introduction into treatment, way of parents treating their child, parental counseling, criteria for admission(immediate hospitalization or not), and outpatient therapy.
Outpatient Treatment for Patients with Eating Disorders
Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica
114: 49-54, 2012
<Keywords:anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, outpatient, Treatment>