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Chapter 14 - Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders

from Part III - Family Intervention for Specific Child and Adolescent Mental Health Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2021

By
Sasha Gorrell  and
Daniel Le Grange
Edited by
Jennifer L. Allen ,
David J. Hawes  and
Cecilia A. Essau
Jennifer L. Allen
Affiliation:
University of Bath
David J. Hawes
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Cecilia A. Essau
Affiliation:
Roehampton University, London
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Summary

Eating disorders are pernicious mental disorders that typically develop during adolescence or young adulthood and most often require specialty treatment. Family-based treatment is the leading evidence-based treatment for youth with anorexia nervosa, with mounting empirical support for its implementation among youth with bulimia nervosa. This chapter describes parental engagement within family-based treatment for eating disorders, along with a summary of the extant literature on empirically supported family-based eating disorder interventions. The chapter also characterizes core clinician competencies that contribute to treatment outcomes and concludes with a description of how family interventions are expanding and adapting to improve treatment among youth with eating disorders.

Keywords

Family-based treatmentEating DisordersAnorexia NervosaBulimia Nervosa
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Family-Based Intervention for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
A Core Competencies Approach
 , pp. 177 - 190
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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