Predicting premature termination of hospitalised treatment for anorexia nervosa: The roles of therapeutic alliance, motivation, and behaviour change

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-123

  Sly, Richard ^a,b   Morgan, John F ^a,c   Mountford, Victoria A ^a,d   Lacey, J Hubert ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Behaviour change; Dropout; Motivation; Therapeutic alliance; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA STAGES OF CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-IV; EATING DISORDERS EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MACARTHUR PERCEIVED COERCION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREDICTION; PREMATURE TREATMENT TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKING ALLIANCE INVENTORY SHORT FORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; COERCION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874573303     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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