Parents' Experiences of Family Therapy for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

Title: Parents' Experiences of Family Therapy for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa
Creator: Williams, Lauren T.; Wood, Cath; Plath, Debbie
Relation: Australian Social Work Vol. 73, Issue 4, p. 408-419
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2019.1702707
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2020
Description: This study examined parents’ experiences of family-based interventions for the treatment of adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). Nine parents whose child’s weight had reached the healthy weight range post-treatment were interviewed about their experiences of parenting a child with AN in either manualised family-based therapy (FBT) (n = 6) or non-manualised family systematic interventions (n = 3). The interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings draw attention to the impact of AN on the whole family, the gatekeeping role of health professionals in accessing support and treatment, the value of externalisation, the prime importance of the therapeutic alliance between parents and clinicians, and the importance of tailoring treatment to the unique circumstances, values, and culture of each family.
Subject: anorexia nervosa; family-based therapy; manualised FBT; adolescent
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1449042
Identifier: uon:43557
Identifier: ISSN:0312-407X
Language: eng
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