Family and Multifamily Therapy

Eating and its Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 260-279

  Simic, Mima ^a   Eisler, Ivan ^a,b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent anorexia nervosa; Anorexic child; Anorexic symptoms; Eating disorder (ED); Family therapy; Multifamily therapy (MFT); Therapeutic interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886345908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118328910.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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