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Compulsory Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa: Compassion or Coercion?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jane Tiller ,
Ulrike Schmidt  and
Janet Treasure
Jane Tiller*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Ulrike Schmidt
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Janet Treasure
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
*
∗Correspondence
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Compulsory treatment for anorexia nervosa was recently once again a topic for discussion following the case of J, a 16-year-old girl who unsuccessfully applied to the Court of Appeal to refuse treatment for her anorexia nervosa. In this instance legal opinion was sought in order to clarify the Children Act 1989. However, much of the media coverage focused on the controversy surrounding the compulsory treatment of anorexia nervosa, under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. There is a lack of research into the compulsory treatment of anorexia nervosa, so debate has to be informed by clinical experience.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 679 - 680
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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