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Research project on the treatment of anorexia and bulimia: An integrative, multidimensional approach

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This research project tries to test a therapeutic strategy that could improve the prognosis of anorexic and bulimic syndrome, by reducing their tendency to chronicity. The hypothesis is that, whenever we deal with complex, multifactoral syndromes, such as anorex ia and bulimia, a therapy based upon the association of different kinds of treatments (medical-biological-nutritional treatments plus family therapy) helps to obtain better results than one type of treatment only (medical-biological-nutritional alone). The selection of the samples (experimental and control samples), the materials and methods of the research project, and the follow-up series are described.

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Onnis, L., Di Gennaro, A., Cespa, G. et al. Research project on the treatment of anorexia and bulimia: An integrative, multidimensional approach. Eat Weight Disord 2, 164–168 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03339969

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