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Concomitant group therapy with anorectics and their parents as a supplement to family therapy
Author(s) -
Marner Torben,
Westerbergf Christel
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1987.00280.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , family therapy , group psychotherapy , concomitant , medicine , psychiatry , eating disorders , outpatient clinic , psychology , psychotherapist
A study was made of family therapy with anorexia nervosa patients in a child psychiatric outpatient department. Eight families referred in 1984 were offered group therapy and family therapy simultaneously, one group for patients with anorexia nervosa and one group for their parents. The participants of both groups reported that they had learned a lot from the experience but stated that they felt group therapy could not replace family therapy.