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The father's roles in the recovery of young C hinese suffering from anorexia nervosa in two C hinese cities, H ong K ong and S henzhen
Author(s) -
Ma Joyce L. C.
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.1111/1467-6427.12037
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , spouse , context (archaeology) , psychology , daughter , anorexia , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , eating disorders , sociology , paleontology , anthropology , biology , evolutionary biology
The fathers' role in assisting the recovery of young C hinese diagnosed with anorexia nervosa has seldom been documented in C hinese contexts, namely H ong K ong and Shenzhen. In this article the author argues for the importance of engaging the absent C hinese father in helping in this context, describing the process of family treatment and highlighting the treatment principles and skills in achieving the goal of helping, illustrating it with two clinical cases from two C hinese cities, H ong K ong and S henzhen. Practitioner points Engaging the absent father in treatment to join hands with his spouse is crucial to assist a young C hinese person with anorexia nervosa to recover. Translation of the young person's symptoms as a developmental challenge is clinically useful to achieve the goal of paternal engagement. Increased paternal involvement to mediate mother–daughter conflicts, raising the father's self‐confidence and improved marital relationships are clinically useful