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Using the Milan approach in the inpatient management of anorexia nervosa (varying the‘invariant prescription’)
Author(s) -
VazLeal Francisco J.,
SalcedoSalcedo M. Soledad
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1995.tb00006.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , medical prescription , family therapy , psychotherapist , eating disorders , context (archaeology) , intervention (counseling) , psychology , invariant (physics) , psychiatry , medicine , nursing , paleontology , physics , mathematical physics , biology
This paper proposes a model of treatment for severe anorexia nervosa which integrates hospitalization, individual psychotherapy and family therapy. Family intervention is based on a method proposed by the Milan team (the‘invariant prescription’), which has been adapted by the authors to suit the characteristics of their working context (the psychiatric unit of a general hospital). Following a review of the work of Selvini Palazzoli and associates on anorexia nervosa and the‘invariant prescription’, the authors describe their treatment model and give a case example.