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The psychonutritional unit: An out-patient clinic for eating disorders — the first five years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael A. Launer
Michael A. Launer*
Affiliation:
Burnley General Hospital, Casterton, Burnley BB10 2PQ
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Before 1977 there was little work done with eating disorders in the psychiatric unit at Burnley General Hospital. The hospital dietetic department was aimed mainly at special diets for medical, surgical, and paediatric patients and services for the obese. Many patients with anorexia nervosa were treated on paediatric or medical wards, until in the early ‘80s, following the establishment of a clinical psychology department, a principal-grade psychologist was appointed.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 9 , September 1991 , pp. 546 - 547
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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