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The British Journal of Psychiatry 175: 147-153 (1999)
© 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
R Ramsay, A Ward, J Treasure and GF Russell
Eating Disorders Unit, Maudsley Hospital, London.
BACKGROUND: Anorexia nervosa is a mental disorder with a high long-term mortality. Patients are ambivalent about treatment and often avoid it. Of necessity, compulsory treatment sometimes must be considered. A report from the Mental Health Act Commission has helped to reduce previous confusion. AIMS: To identify the premorbid and clinical features that predisposed to compulsory admissions, the short-term benefits of the treatment and the long-term mortality rates (derived from the National Register). METHOD: Eighty-one compulsory patients were compared with 81 voluntary patients. RESULTS: Predisposing factors to a compulsory admission were a history of childhood sexual or physical abuse or previous self-harm. Detained patients had more previous admissions. Detained patients gained as much weight during admission as voluntary patients, but took longer. More deaths among compulsory than voluntary patients (10/79 v. 2/78) were found 5.7 years (mean) after admission. CONCLUSIONS: Compulsory treatment is effective in the short term. The higher long-term mortality in the detained patients is due to selection factors associated with an intractable illness.
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