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Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents With Bulimia Nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange*
Affiliation:
The University of Chicago, United States of America.legrange@uchicago.edu
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*Address for correspondence: Daniel Le Grange, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue., MC3077, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Abstract

Family-based treatment has for at least two decades now come to be seen as the treatment of choice for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). Yet, involving the parents in the treatment for adolescents with bulimia nervosa (BN) have remained largely unexplored. We have recently adapted manualised family-based treatment for adolescent AN (FBT-AN) to a large group of adolescents with BN (FBT-BN). This manuscript will highlight the key tenets of manualised FBT-BN, briefly describe the three treatment phases, and summarise the main differences of this model in its application for AN versus BN. Finally, reference will be made to the first randomised controlled trial of FBT-BN showing preliminary support for the parents' involvement in the treatment of adolescent BN.

Keywords

adolescentsbulimia nervosafamily-based treatment
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 31 , Issue 2: Special Research Issue , 01 June 2010 , pp. 165 - 175
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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