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JUVENILE ANOREXIA NERVOSA: FAMILY THERAPY's NATURAL NICHE
Author(s) -
Fishman H. Charles
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2006.tb01624.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , juvenile , family therapy , psychotherapist , psychology , therapeutic approach , anorexia , disease , medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , eating disorders , genetics , pathology , biology
Juvenile Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a severe problem both in terms of presenting symptomatology and its tendency toward chronicity. Researchers have consistently shown that family‐based approaches are superior to individual approaches for the treatment of juvenile AN. This article addresses the capacity deficit of trained family therapists to treat this disease. The author reviews the effectiveness of Structural Family Therapy as a treatment of juvenile AN and the essential concepts and skills required by the family therapist to treat this disorder. The concepts of therapeutic crisis induction, enactment, and therapeutic intensity are discussed in detail. Recommendations are made for future research.