Family therapy or family-based treatment (FBT) has been very successful for adolescents with anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders. This collection of essays lays out current methods and
strategies for professionals working in this area. Part I contains six adaptations of FBT for children and adolescents with anorexia, including a "family meal" intervention, a "parent only"
version that helps parents change their behaviors, a five-day intensive, a research-supported intervention based on exposure to food, and the potential role of multi-family groups in treating
eating disorders in youth. Part II outlines applications of FBT to specialty populations in eating and weight disorders. Populations studied include prodromal (early) anorexics, overweight and
obese children and adolescents, persons older than 18 transitioning to adult clinical services, families facing food neophobia, and overweight adolescents undergoing weight loss surgery. Part
III discusses problems and solutions in promoting and communicating FBT methods. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
