Selective eating in a 9-year-old boy: family therapy as a first-line treatment.
Whilst empirical studies continue to demonstrate the efficacy of family-based therapy in the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa, less comprehensive evidence exists in guiding the treatment of pre-adolescent eating disorders, which are typically characterised by a greater variety of symptom presentation. We present the case of a pre-adolescent male who met criteria for selective eating who was treated into full remission with eating-disorder-focused family therapy. This family-based intervention deviated significantly from recently manualised family-based therapy interventions, and we suggest continued exploration of family therapy techniques in the treatment of pre-adolescent eating disorders.
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. stuartm@psych.usyd.edu.au
Stuart Benjamin
SB
Murray
Chris
C
Thornton
Andrew
A
Wallis
D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012074:Remission Induction; D016896:Treatment Outcome