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Family-based therapy works better than individual supportive therapy in treating teenagers with bulimia, a study published yesterday suggests. In the study, in the September issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers randomly assigned 80 adolescents to receive 20 sessions over six months of family therapy or supportive treatment. There were no differences between the two groups in the number of sessions attended. But five in the family group and four from the supportive group dropped out of treatment. Read on
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