I wanted to clear up a misconception. You write that Maudsley attracts "families who are sensitive, caring and willing to grow, learn and develop as they learn ways to help their children move to eating disorder recovery. It may be that families who are incapable of cooperating in such an effort are the families that never enroll in these programs or drop out quickly."
The research on Maudsley shows good results. The exclusion criteria were not especially strict (abuse, active suicidality or too ill physically for home treatment.) Further, patients were randomized to treatments--the study families did not choose their cohort. So, it's not a select group of "superparents" we're talking about. (Though I think most parents, whether they use the Maudsley approach or not, love their kids!) Interestingly, single parents did just as well as married parents in a recent study of family-based treatment for bulimia nervosa. This page provides links to the available research on family-based treatment.
http://maudsleyparents.org/clinicians.html
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Hi Joanna,
I wanted to clear up a misconception. You write that Maudsley attracts "families who are sensitive, caring and willing to grow, learn and develop as they learn ways to help their children move to eating disorder recovery. It may be that families who are incapable of cooperating in such an effort are the families that never enroll in these programs or drop out quickly."
The research on Maudsley shows good results. The exclusion criteria were not especially strict (abuse, active suicidality or too ill physically for home treatment.) Further, patients were randomized to treatments--the study families did not choose their cohort. So, it's not a select group of "superparents" we're talking about. (Though I think most parents, whether they use the Maudsley approach or not, love their kids!) Interestingly, single parents did just as well as married parents in a recent study of family-based treatment for bulimia nervosa. This page provides links to the available research on family-based treatment.
http://maudsleyparents.org/clinicians.html
Cheers,
June 6, 2009 - 9:00pmJane Cawley
http://maudsleyparents.org/
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