ReviewJournal of eating disorders2021
Formulation in eating disorder focused family therapy: why, when and how?
Review in Journal of eating disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Efficacy of Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Changes in Parental Well-Being Following Intensive Day Programme Treatment for Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescents.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa With Emerging Adults: A Retrospective Case Series in Routine Clinical Care.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy with Autistic Children and Young People: A Narrative Review of Recent Developments.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
- The intensive outreach programme for child and adolescent eating disorders: an uncontrolled case series of clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Clinician's Experience of Working with an Intensive Outpatient Programme for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders-A Reflexive Thematic Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- When Is the Right Time to End Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT-AN)?: A Qualitative Study of Young People's Experiences.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Family therapy for emerging adults with anorexia nervosa: Expert opinion on evidence, practice considerations, and future directions.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Review
- What factors do parents/caregivers think impact change in family therapy for anorexia nervosa?: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- A pilot study investigating the acceptability and feasibility of a group intervention for parents of autistic young people with anorexia nervosa within a specialist eating disorders service.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- What is day programme treatment for anorexia nervosa really like? Part 2: A reflexive thematic analysis of feedback from caregivers.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Clinicians' Experiences of Eating Disorder Focused Family Therapy With Autistic Young People.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- The Role of the Dietitian Within a Day Programme for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Clinician Perspectives.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Adolescent Patient Perspectives on Family-Based Treatment: A Pilot Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Processes of change in family therapies for anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- How young people perceive change to occur in family therapy for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- How best to support parents of children with an eating disorder: A commentary on Wilksch (2023).The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Change processes during intensive day programme treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: a dyadic interview analysis of adolescent and parent views.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Implementing service transformation for children and adolescents with eating disorders across England: the theory, politics, and pragmatics of large-scale service reform.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Review
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Abstract
In the broadest sense, formulation, or case conceptualisation, is the process of collaborative sense-making. It is something all clinicians are doing constantly, whether formally and consciously or not. Most clinicians are familiar with the general principals and need to formulate as it is a core part of clinical training across most disciplines. Treatment manuals often discuss formulation, but the practical steps involved and the process of developing, building upon and revising formulations are not always provided. In clinical practice, the active use and continued development of formulation during treatment is not always prioritised, especially beyond the initial assessment. This could be due to a number of reasons, such as a potential lack of clarity, understanding or confidence in the use of formulation across treatment, a lack of dedicated time and reflective space for formulation in the context of increasingly busy clinical settings, or a perception that it may be less necessary in the context of treatment approaches that are more structured and prescriptive. This article outlines the use of formulation in family therapy for child and adolescent eating disorders, provides guidance on how to actively include formulation more throughout treatment and discusses why this might be useful.
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