title: Research project on the treatment of anorexia and bulimia: an integrative, multidimensional approach.
abstract: 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 anorexia 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Science and Psychological Medicine, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Onnis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Gennaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cespa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belcastro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Forato
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maurelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Squitieri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mulé
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ierardi
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000628:therapy*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004035:Diet Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording