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Joanna,

There is so much I would like to address here, but I'll stick to the most important points.

There is no evidence whatsoever that parents of eating disorder patients are better or worse parents than the larger population of parents. None.

Eating disorders are a biologically transmitted brain disorder that distorts self-perception and interpersonal relations. It is perfectly logical that an illness that first manifests in childhood and adolescence would, if allowed to fester through to adulthood, would leave a person with very distorted relationships. To take the self-reports of these adults as proof of cause - instead of as symptoms - is a grave misunderstanding and disservice. To the patient, to his or her family, and to all those who read or hear from you about cause.

The parents of F.E.A.S.T. and those whose children have been offered the Family-Based Maudsley approach are no different than the parents of other patients except that our children are not being treated by clinicians who assume we are pathological. And, presumably, that our children will be spared years of illness because we are empowered to act lovingly and assertively during treatment.

June 7, 2009 - 3:17am

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