Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-Based Approach

'This book - the first specific manualized approach available - is highly recommended for all professionals engaged in work with adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa.' - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 'This work was designed to be most valuable to psychotherapists, and it succeeds well in this mission.' - Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 'This book is an important addition to the literature on the treatment of anorexia nervosa. It provides an authoritative and detailed description of the 'Maudsley approach,' the leading family-based treatment for adolescents with anorexia nervosa. The book will be an invaluable resource for clinicians for years to come.' - Christopher Fairburn, MD, University of Oxford, UK 'Family-based treatment is one of the few demonstrably effective interventions for anorexia nervosa. This treatment manual clearly explains the development of this approach and, even more important, provides a detailed description of how it can be implemented. Lock and his colleagues have provided practitioners with a most useful tool to assist their patients. This book will be required reading for all who treat youngsters with anorexia nervosa.' - B. Timothy Walsh, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA