title: Mandometer treatment not superior to treatment as usual for anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A comparison of the efficacy of a novel treatment method for anorexia nervosa (AN), the Mandometer treatment (MT), with treatment as usual (TAU).
  
  
  METHODS
  During treatment data were collected to determine weight recovery and outcome as assessed by the Morgan Russell Outcome Assessment Schedule (MROAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment 63% of the MT group and 85% of the TAU group had reached a normal weight level and both MT and TAU showed a good outcome on the MROAS (75 and 71%, respectively). After two years more MT than TAU patients were still in treatment and more MT patients had relapsed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The outcome for both treatments in our study were similar and comparable with, if not better than outcome data of other AN studies. MT is not superior to TAU in outcome results and in relapse rate during the first two years following admission for AN treatment.
authors.affiliation: Rintveld Centre for Eating Disorders, Altrecht Mental Health Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annemarie A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: van Elburg
authors.forename: Jacquelien J G
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hillebrand
authors.forename: Chaim
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huyser
authors.forename: Maartje
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snoek
authors.forename: Martien J H
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kas
authors.forename: Hans W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Hoek
authors.forename: Roger A H
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Adan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome