title: Family-based Treatment of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders.
abstract: Best-practice guidelines for the treatment of child and adolescent eating disorders recommend the inclusion of parents. Family-based treatment (FBT) posits that families are not only important in supporting their children but are critical change agents in the recovery process. As originally developed for anorexia nervosa, parents take a central role in managing and disrupting eating disorder symptoms. The most evidence-based treatment model for adolescent anorexia nervosa, FBT has also recently been found to be useful in the treatment of adolescent bulimia nervosa. This article provides a summary of the theoretic model, evidence base, and application of FBT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: sforsberg@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Forsberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000628:therapy*; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011209:Power, Psychological
keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorders; Family-based treatment