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Charcot's comments on the therapeutic role of isolation in the treatment of anorexia nervosa
Author(s) -
Silverman Joseph A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199704)21:3<295::aid-eat10>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , isolation (microbiology) , psychotherapist , anorexia , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , eating disorders , bioinformatics , biology
Charcot strongly endorsed the use of isolation therapy in the treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa. He devoted 1 of his 25 Friday lectures on diseases of the nervous system to emphasize this point. Selected remarks from Lecture XVII will be cited to demonstrate the benefits of this therapeutic technique. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 21: 295–298, 1997.