The five tenets of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders
Abstract Family-based treatment (FBT) is the leading treatment for adolescent eating disorders and is based on five tenets, or fundamental assumptions: (1) the therapist holds an agnostic view of the cause of the illness; (2) the therapist takes a non-authoritarian stance in treatment; (3) parents a...
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| description | Abstract Family-based treatment (FBT) is the leading treatment for adolescent eating disorders and is based on five tenets, or fundamental assumptions: (1) the therapist holds an agnostic view of the cause of the illness; (2) the therapist takes a non-authoritarian stance in treatment; (3) parents are empowered to bring about the recovery of their child; (4) the eating disorder is separated from the patient and externalized; and (5) FBT utilizes a pragmatic approach to treatment. Learning these tenets is crucial to the correct practice and implementation of manualized FBT. The purpose of the current paper is to provide an in-depth overview of these five tenets and to illustrate how they are used in clinical practice. This overview will aid clinicians who are learning FBT. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57f6c06db7244b4b9d347cca159fad422023-08-02T09:30:28ZengBMCJournal of Eating Disorders2050-29742022-05-0110111010.1186/s40337-022-00585-yThe five tenets of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disordersRenee D. Rienecke0Daniel Le Grange1Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood and Anxiety CentersDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of CaliforniaAbstract Family-based treatment (FBT) is the leading treatment for adolescent eating disorders and is based on five tenets, or fundamental assumptions: (1) the therapist holds an agnostic view of the cause of the illness; (2) the therapist takes a non-authoritarian stance in treatment; (3) parents are empowered to bring about the recovery of their child; (4) the eating disorder is separated from the patient and externalized; and (5) FBT utilizes a pragmatic approach to treatment. Learning these tenets is crucial to the correct practice and implementation of manualized FBT. The purpose of the current paper is to provide an in-depth overview of these five tenets and to illustrate how they are used in clinical practice. This overview will aid clinicians who are learning FBT.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-022-00585-yFamily-based treatmentFBTAdolescentsEating disordersKey tenets |
| spellingShingle | Renee D. Rienecke Daniel Le Grange The five tenets of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders Journal of Eating Disorders Family-based treatment FBT Adolescents Eating disorders Key tenets |
| title | The five tenets of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders |
| title_full | The five tenets of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders |
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| title_short | The five tenets of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders |
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| topic | Family-based treatment FBT Adolescents Eating disorders Key tenets |
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