Abstract
To investigate the necessity of a team approach for patients with eating disorder, we evaluated the relationship between how to decide the inpatient management and prognosis as well as evaluating the relationship between the responses of doctors or nurses to deceptive behavior during behavior therapy and prognosis.The patients who decided to be hospitalized because of the strong recommendations from family members showed lower global clinical scores (GCS) than those who decided by themselves (p<0.05). During behavior therapy, the patients who evaluate the responses of doctors to deceptive behavior as firm, those of nurses as supportive showed low GCS (p<0.05). Sixty percent of patients replied that their experiences during inpatient management were helpful to control eating habits after discharge.Strong persuation from family members was necessary when the patients decided to receive inpatient management.Moreover, firm response of doctors as well as neutral and supportive response of nurses to the deceptive behavior during behavior therapy were necessary.These results suggest that a team approach is a very influential factor to prognosis.
