To the Editor: The Mandometer treatment for patients with eating disorders (Box 1), developed at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, was brought to the attention of the public and the profession in Australia through Norman Swan’s Health Report in 2003.1 Since then, 40 patients from Australia have received treatment using this method, 29 of whom were treated in Stockholm, seven in Melbourne and four in San Diego.
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The cost for the treatment of the patients was covered by their parents or by insurance. We thank the staff of Mandometer Clinics in Stockholm, San Diego and Melbourne for treating the patients and collecting the data in this report.
John Court is employed by Mandometer Melbourne and receives a salary. Cecilia Bergh and Per Södersten are part-owners of AB Mando, Sweden.