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This study offers a new perspective on documentary drama in the television, cable and streaming eras by mapping the trajectory of US media industry discourse about docudrama from the early twentieth century to the present. It uses aggregate data from eight entertainment trade journals to show that docudrama emerged in broadcasting and film in the 1930s and has played a significant role in US media culture ever since. It analyzes trade journal commentary and radio broadcasting practices to demonstrate that the two key components of docudrama—dramatization and a discourse of factuality—developed in the network radio era. The key radio innovation was dramatization, which required producers to re-create actual events, conform to generic expectations, and promote a particular ideological perspective on social events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective of this study was to conduct a secondary data analysis of clinical information documented in the electronic medical record to assess the clinical outcomes of patients who received three different treatment approaches on clinical outcomes for treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa (AN).Patients and methods: Historical electronic medical record (EMR) data on patients aged 6 to 80 years diagnosed with AN seen in a healthcare system between 2007 and 2017 were stratified, according to services received, into three groups: Group A (n = 48) received hospital-based services; Group B (n = 290) saw one or two provider types; Group C (n = 26) received outpatient coordinated multidisciplinary care from three provider types. Clinical outcomes [body mass index for adults (BMI), body mass index percentile (BMI%ile) for pediatric patients] defined AN severity and weight restoration. EMR data were analyzed using a generalized mixed-effects model and a Markov Transition model to examine the odds of weight restoration and the change in odds of weight restoration across the number of provider visits, respectively.Results: Patients receiving coordinated multidisciplinary care had significantly higher odds of weight restoration compared with patients receiving hospital-based services only (OR = 3.76, 95% CI [1.04, 13.54], p = 0.042). In addition, patients receiving care from 1 to 2 providers (OR = 1.006, 95% CI [1.003, 1.010], p = 0.001) or receiving coordinated multidisciplinary care (OR = 1.005, 95% CI [1.001, 1.011], p = 0.021) had significantly higher odds of weight restoration per provider visit day compared with patients receiving hospital-based services only.Conclusion: This retrospective chart review supports the coordinated, multidisciplinary care model for the weight restoration in patients with AN in an outpatient setting.Plain Language Summary: Treatment recommendations for the care of individuals with anorexia nervosa recommend a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach that, at a minimum, includes the following healthcare professional groups: a medical provider, mental health professional, and registered dietitian. Until there is enough evidence for this treatment approach in outpatient settings, it will remain underutilized, compromising the treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa. Since it would be unethical to conduct a randomized trial comparing coordinated, multidisciplinary care with uncoordinated care (it has already been identified as "best practice" by the American Psychiatric Association), the current study conducted a pragmatic, retrospective analysis of this care model on restoring weight in patients with anorexia nervosa. Patients were grouped according to the services they received: hospital-based services only (Group A), treatment from one or two different healthcare professional types (Group B), or treatment provided by all three healthcare professional types representing coordinated care (Group C). The results suggest that patients in Group C were more likely to restore weight, a necessary criterion for eating disorder recovery, compared with the other two groups. We hope these results provide the necessary support for increased use of an important treatment approach for treating individuals with anorexia nervosa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]