Evaluation of a New Treatment Program for Adolescents With Eating Disorders: MINERVA Program

ED-MINERVA Program aims to improve ED symptoms and related difficulties of the patient and provide tools to enhance the family's management (nutritionally, emotionally, and behaviorally) in their natural environment. The treatment consists of four phases with a gradually decreasing therapeutic intensity, ranging from total hospitalization, family treatment apartment, to home treatment and subsequent linkage with specialized local facilities. The ED-MINERVA program uses various aspects of family-based treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and systemic family therapy.