WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24, 2014 — Family-based therapies can benefit teens with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, a new study suggests.
"The take-away message for parents is that, first, there is good treatment available for their child who is struggling with anorexia," study author Dr. Stewart Agras, professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, said in a university news release.
"Second, the preferred treatment is family-based therapy in which parents help their child regain weight," Agras added.
"For a long time, people blamed families for causing anorexia and thought they should be left out of treatment," study co-author Dr. James Lock, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford, said in the news…
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