Felipe Alckmin-Carvalho, Juliana Bergamo Vega, Alicia Weisz Cobelo, Vanessa Dentzien Pinzon
Eating Disorders Outpatient and Inpatient Program, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division (PROTAD/SEPIA), Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
Literature indicates that parents’ participation in the treatment of their children with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is associated with better prognosis. In family-based treatment, the most tested form of psychotherapy for AN in childhood and adolescence, parents are protagonists in the behavioral management for weight recovery and control of symptoms. However, psychopathologies and adaptive difficulties of these parents may impair adherence to the therapies proposed by the interdisciplinary team.
Keywords:parents’ participation ,Anorexia Nervosa (AN) ,weight recovery and control of symptoms ,Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division