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Two models of multiple family therapy in the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa: a systematic review.
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- A descriptive study of patients' and families' experience of multifamily therapy for eating disorders in young adults.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Exploring Interactive Change Processes in Multifamily Therapy for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Comparing Digital Versus Face-to-Face Delivery of Systemic Psychotherapy Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Interactive journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Multi-family Therapy for Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Meal support intervention for eating disorders: a mixed-methods systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Multifamily therapy for adolescent eating disorders: a study of the change in eating disorder symptoms from start of treatment to follow-up.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Multi-family therapy for eating disorders: A systematic scoping review of the quantitative and qualitative findings.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Brief early adolescent multi-family therapy (BEAM) trial for anorexia nervosa: a feasibility randomized controlled trial protocol.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- "Breaking down the wall" patients` and families` experience of multifamily therapy for young adult women with severe eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Patients and Parents' Experience of Multi-Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- [Effective factors in multifamily therapy in patients with eating disorders : Critical appraisal and implications for practice].Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2020Article
- Adolescents with full or subthreshold anorexia nervosa in a naturalistic sample: treatment interventions and patient satisfaction.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2020Article
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- The role of family meals in the treatment of eating disorders: a scoping review of the literature and implications.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2016Article
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Abstract
Multiple family therapy (MFT) is a therapeutic method that brings together several families affected by the same pathology. Although from an ideological and conceptual point of view, MFT is often linked to family therapy and group therapy, it is difficult to define it with precision, a weakness which may in turn hinder research on therapeutic effectiveness. This is most notable in the field of eating disorders (ED) where, in spite of MFT's great popularity, research evidence remains limited. Within the context of a systematic review of the literature on MFT in the treatment of anorexia nervosa, the purpose of this article is to provide a theoretical and clinical framework for describing two MFT models, in an attempt to explore their common and distinct concepts, principles, techniques, and factors of change. The first program is a day treatment adaptation of the Maudsley family-based MFT approach, developed in Belgium at the Therapeutic Centre for Adolescents suffering from Eating Disorders: it focuses on the management of ED symptoms, using a strong cognitive behavioral orientation. The second is an integrated systemic MFT outpatient and inpatient program carried out on the ED unit of a pediatric hospital in Paris, France: it emphasizes intra- and inter-family relationships within a systemic framework. Our effort to describe and compare these two models constitutes a first step toward determining the relative value of different models of MFT. Indeed, each model presents specific characteristics that may make it best suited for specific ED populations and/or types of families.
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