title: Family-based treatment of a 17-year-old twin presenting with emerging anorexia nervosa: a case study using the "Maudsley method".
abstract: This article describes the successful application of family-based treatment (FBT) for a 17-year-old identical twin presenting with a 4-month history of clinically significant symptoms of anorexia nervosa (AN). FBT is a manualized treatment that has been studied in randomized controlled trials for adolescents with AN. This case study illustrates the administration of this evidence-based intervention in a clinical setting, highlighting how the best available research was used to make clinical decisions at each stage of treatment delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 07666-1914, USA. loeb@fdu.edu
authors.forename: Katharine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Loeb
authors.forename: Alicia M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greif
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Hildebrandt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001828:Body Image; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012801:Sibling Relations; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000523:psychology