Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-Based Approach

By James Lock and Daniel le Grange

Book Overview

This indispensable manual presents the leading empirically supported treatment approach for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). What sets family-based treatment apart is the central role played by parents and siblings throughout therapy. The book gives practitioners a clear framework for mobilizing parents to promote their child's weight restoration and healthy eating; improving parent/n-/child relationships; and getting adolescent development back on track. Each phase of therapy is described in session-by-session detail. In-depth case illustrations show how to engage clients while flexibly implementing the validated treatment procedures.

New to This Edition*Reflects the latest knowledge on AN and its treatment, including additional research supporting the approach.*Clarifies key concepts and techniques.*Chapter on emerging directions in training and treatment dissemination.*Many new clinical strategies.

Family-based treatment is recognized as a best practice for the treatment of anorexia nervosa in adolescents by the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462506763
• ISBN13: 9781462506767
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great concepts

Important new wrinkles on tx. Opens up new possibilities. Surprisingly for a professional manual, a page-turner.

great manual

This is a comprehensive and useful treatment manual both as a guide for those beginning to use this treatment and as revision for those trained in the approach. An excellent buy

An Excellent Resource for Clinicians!

This is an excellent book for clinicians treating teens struggling with Anorexia. This model taps into the power of the family to successfully fight this horrible disorder. I also highly recommend Help Your Teenager Beat An Eating Disorder, a well-written guide for the clinician and an outstanding resource for parents!!