title: The effectiveness of an individualized form of day hospital treatment.
abstract: The traditional group format of day hospital treatment for eating disorders restricts individual tailoring of treatment, which is challenging when complex cases are referred. In 2007 we introduced a new program that included individual sessions. Patients referred to this program were older, had longer illness duration, and more pre-treatment symptoms than the original group program. These clients also had more psychopathology, and were more likely to have a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa binge/purge subtype. Weight gain and abstinence from symptoms were less likely for patients in this new program. However, premature discharge, rapid response, symptom frequencies, and relapse rates did not differ.
authors.affiliation: a Eating Disorder Program , University Health Network , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McFarlane
authors.forename: Danielle E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trottier
authors.forename: Marion P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Olmsted
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001828:Body Image; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D015430:Weight Gain; D055815:Young Adult