Table 2.

International guidelines’ key recommendations regarding psychotherapy for AN.

Recommendation	AUS [41]	BC [46]	DEN [40]	FR [44]	GER [14]	NETH [39]	SP [45]	UK [38]	US [43]
For adults:
Psychotherapy in general	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Not as efficient in severely malnourished patients	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	✓	N.R.	✓	N.R.	N.R.	✓
Specific psychological interventions	✓	✓	N.R.	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CBT/CBT-E	+	+	N.R.	+	+	+	+	+	+
Psychodynamic Therapy	N.R.	+	N.R.	+	+	N.R.	+	N.R.	+
FPT	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	+	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.
MANTRA	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	+	+	N.R.	+	N.R.
SSCM	+	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	+	+	N.R.	+	N.R
IPT	N.R.	+	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	N.R.	+	N.R.	+
For children and adolescents:
Involvement of parents/near caregivers	+	+	+	+	+	+	+ 1	+	+
Family therapy	FBT or other forms of family therapy	FBT	FBT or other forms of family therapy	Family therapy	FBT or other forms of family therapy	FBT?	Family therapy (systemic or not)	FT-AN	FBT or other forms of family therapy

✓ recommendation given; + explicit recommendation in favour; N.R., no recommendation reported; AUS, Australia and New Zealand; BC, British Columbia; DEN, Denmark; FR, France; GER, Germany; NETH, The Netherlands; SP, Spain; UK, United Kingdom; US, United States; CBT(-E), (Enhanced) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy; FPT, Focal Psychodynamic Therapy; MANTRA, Maudsley Model of Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults; SSCM, Specialist Supportive Clinical Management; IPT, Interpersonal Therapy; FBT, Family-Based Treatment/Therapy; FT-AN, AN-focused Family Therapy; ¹ and siblings; ?, ambiguous evidence.