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Adapting family‐based therapy to a day hospital programme for adolescents with eating disorders: preliminary outcomes and trajectories of change
Author(s) -
Girz Laura,
Lafrance Robinson Adele,
Foroughe Mirisse,
Jasper Karin,
Boachie Ahmed
Publication year - 2013
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/j.1467-6427.2012.00618.x
Subject(s) - anxiety , eating disorders , depression (economics) , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , family therapy , medicine , pediatrics , economics , macroeconomics
Adolescent eating disorder symptoms, depression and anxiety, the impact of their symptoms on their parents, and parental self‐efficacy were assessed before beginning family‐based day hospital treatment, and at 3 and 6 months post‐assessment. Parents’ self‐efficacy increased during the first 3 months of treatment, and their knowledge and confidence in their effectiveness against the eating disorder continued to increase between 3 and 6 months post‐assessment. Adolescent eating disorder symptoms, depression and anxiety, and the impact of the symptoms on their parents decreased between 3 and 6 months post‐assessment. The results suggest that family‐based treatment can be adapted to day hospital programmes for adolescents. The results also provide preliminary support for a treatment duration of at least 6 months.