title: Specialist supportive clinical management for anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article presents the rationale for, and description of, a nonspecialized therapy for anorexia nervosa, called specialist supportive clinical management (SSCM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical management and supportive psychotherapy models of treatment are outlined. SSCM is described, as it was delivered in a clinical trial of psychotherapies for adult women with anorexia nervosa.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The primary focus of SSCM for anorexia nervosa is the resumption of normal eating and the restoration of weight. Therapy aims to maintain a therapeutic relationship that facilitates the return to normal eating, and to enable other life issues that may impact on the eating disorder to be addressed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Possible effective components of SSCM are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand. virginia.mcintosh@chmeds.ac.nz
authors.forename: Virginia V W
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Suzanne E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Luty
authors.forename: Frances A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bulik
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Joyce
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001835:Body Weight; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce