Intensive multi-family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa: Adolescents' and parents' day-to-day experiences

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-23

  Voriadaki, Tatiana ^a   Simic, Mima ^b   Espie, Jonathan ^b   Eisler, Ivan ^c  

^a Maudsley Hospital ^*  (Greece)

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

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Multi family therapy; Process research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921044774     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12067     Document Type: Article

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