The concept of futility in the treatment of individuals with severe and enduring anorexia
nervosa remains controversial and has significant legal and ethical considerations. For …

Objective The concept of medical futility is accepted in general medicine, yet little attention
has been paid to its application in psychiatry. We explore how medical futility and principles …

Bianchi et al.(2021) argue that for some patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa
(SEAN) approaches that do not aim for complete clinical recovery are ethically warranted …

We are pleased that the concept of terminal anorexia nervosa is being considered in serious
discussion. Our previous presentations were not intended to assess eating disorders care …

Comparatively little scholarly attention has been given to the question of futility in chronic
psychiatric disorders, with the exception of a small body of work on so-called end-stage …

For many sufferers of anorexia nervosa, the time course is long, and the prospect of
disability and family burden great. This is all too often the case, even with early diagnosis …

Objective To review the recent literature on the proposed entity of “terminal anorexia
nervosa.” Method Review of recent literature on the concept of “terminal AN” as well as past …

Anorexia nervosa is a complex disorder that primarily afflicts women. It can be fatal; the
mortality rate is thought to be between 6 and 20 percent (Griffiths & Russell, 1998; Mitchell …

Some individuals with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa experience dramatically
degraded quality of life in the face of refractory illness and compulsory treatment. We …

Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental illness with a high mortality rate. The body image
distortion inherent to this disorder and the impaired judgment and cognition due to …