Families tackling adolescent anorexia nervosa: family wellbeing in family-based treatment or other interventions. A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Family-based treatment (FBT) has contributed significantly to the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN) in young people (YP). However, parents are concerned that FBT and the active role of parents in the task of refeeding may have a negative impact on family relations. The aim of the review is to assess whether families engaged in FBT for AN are more or less impacted in their family wellbeing and caregiver burden, compared to families with a YP diagnosed with AN, who are not undergoing treatment with FBT.

Method

Computerized searches across six databases complemented by a manual search resulted in 30 papers being included in the scoping review.

Results

The review identified 19 longitudinal studies on change in family wellbeing in families in FBT-like treatments,

SUBMITTER: Pedersen SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10951015 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature