Laxative withdrawal in eating disorders: Treatment protocol and 3 to 20-month follow-up
✍ Scribed by Colton, Patricia ;Woodside, D. Blake ;Kaplan, Allan S.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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✦ Synopsis
Objective: This article describes a treatment protocol for laxative withdrawal and presents some preliminary information about response to treatment at 3 to 20-month followup. Method: Patients were contacted 3 to 20 months after admission and evaluated with a shortened form of the Eating Disorders Examination (EDE). Results: Fifty-seven percent of patients were abstinent from laxatives at follow-up and there were significant reductions in laxative-related symptom variables. Abstinence from laxatives was not accompanied by any other changes in eating behavior and was not associated with any pretreatment variables that were assessed. Discussion: It appears to be feasible to withdraw patients from laxatives as an isolated intervention with a reasonably high rate of success.