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Academy for eating disorders position paper: The role of the family in eating disorders
Author(s) -
le Grange Daniel,
Lock James,
Loeb Katharine,
Nicholls Dasha
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.20751
Subject(s) - eating disorders , psychology , position (finance) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , finance , economics
Position It is the position of the Academy for Eating Disor- ders (AED) that family factors can play a role in the genesis and maintenance of eating disorders; cur- rent knowledge refutes the idea that they are either the exclusive or even the primary mechanisms that underlie risk. Thus, the AED stands firmly against any etiologic model of eating disorders in which family influences are seen as the primary cause of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, and con- demns generalizing statements that imply families are to blame for their child's illness. The AED rec- ommends that families be included in the treat- ment of younger patients, unless doing so is clearly ill advised on clinical grounds. The position articu- lated in this article is in line with the World Wide Charter for Action on Eating Disorders.