Eating disorders have a profound impact on the psychosocial functioning and physical health of adolescents. Early intervention and effective treatment is essential in order to avoid long-lasting negative effects. Family-based treatment (FBT), a specific form of family therapy, is the leading evidence-based treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa. There is also some more limited support for its use with young people with bulimia nervosa and its variants. However, FBT is not acceptable to some families and patients and does not benefit all patients, producing full remission in fewer than half the patients treated. These considerations suggest there is a need to design and evaluate further treatments.
“Enhanced cognitive behavior therapy” (CBT-E) (see “Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Treatment: Transdiagnostic Theory and Treatment”), an evidence-based treatment for adults with eating disorders, is a potential candidate as an alternative to FBT since younger patients have essentially...
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Dalle Grave, R., Cooper, Z. (2016). Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Treatment Adapted for Younger Patients. In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_176-1
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