The Role of the Adolescent Health Provider and Nutritionist in Family-Based Therapy

2018 ◽  
pp. 359-374
Author(s):  
Debra K. Katzman ◽  
Tania Turrini ◽  
Seena Grewal
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Fundamental Change ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Family Based Therapy

Adolescent health providers (AHPs) and nutritionists each have a unique role in the care of adolescents with eating disorders. Their respective roles and responsibilities are especially refined in the context of family-based therapy (FBT). The role of the AHP and nutritionist in the context of FBT requires a fundamental change in how these members of the interdisciplinary team think about and provide care to young people with eating disorders. This article focuses on the distinct roles of the AHP and nutritionist in FBT in the care of adolescents with eating disorders and their families.

Sport adolescence et trouble du comportement alimentaire

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Physical Condition ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Sport Activity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Medical Health

Adolescence is triggered by puberty and corresponds to a time of great changes in many fields including biological, psychological, cognitive and social. Participation to a sport activity improves self-esteem, socialisation with peers and physical condition. Yet, it sometimes is associated with suffering, restrictive behaviours and eating disorders when performed at an intensive level. Intensive sport activity during adolescence should take into account young people’s developmental stages as well as their fundamental needs in order to promote a harmonious training. One way to promote such training is to train parents and medical health providers to recognise these specific developmental needs and take them into account. Specialists in sport medicine play a central role in orienting young sportive to interdisciplinary unit specialised in adolescent health and management of eating disorders among other topics.

‘I Know I Can Help You’: Parental Self-efficacy Predicts Adolescent Outcomes in Family-based Therapy for Eating Disorders

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adèle Lafrance Robinson ◽  
Erin Strahan ◽  
Laura Girz ◽  
Anne Wilson ◽  
Ahmed Boachie
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Adolescent Outcomes ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Family Based Therapy

The Role of the Pediatrician in Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Eating Disorders: Opportunities and Challenges

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra K. Katzman ◽  
Rebecka Peebles ◽  
Susan M. Sawyer ◽  
James Lock ◽  
Daniel Le Grange
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Family Based Treatment ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Adolescent Eating Disorders

A family-based intervention of adolescents with eating disorders: The role of assertiveness

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S553-S553
Author(s):  
A.L. Barrios-Hernandez ◽  
G. Gonzalez-Cuevas ◽  
M. Graell-Berna ◽  
A. Blanco Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Assertiveness Training ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Development And Evolution ◽  
Therapy Treatment

IntroductionOne of the key profile features of adolescents with Eating Disorders (ED) is a difficulty with assertiveness. Indeed, current research points to the importance of these patients’ perception of excessive control exerted by their families. Because these adolescents generally live with their families of origin, family-based variables may impact the development and evolution of psychosocial risk factors associated with this psychiatric disorder.ObjectiveTo investigate whether adolescents with ED improve on assertive communication as a result of parental assertiveness training.MethodsThe sample was comprised of 50 female adolescents with ED receiving group therapy treatment at Niño Jesús hospital in Madrid. Out of the 77 parents participating in the study, 36 were part of the experimental group and subjected to training in assertive skills (8-week sessions for about 2 hours). In addition, 41 parents formed the control group (with no assertiveness training). Before and after this training (or the same amount of time for the control group), adolescents were administered the psychometric test known as the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (RAS).ResultsA significant increase in RAS scores was found in adolescents whose parents were subjected to the assertiveness training. Moreover, there was a significant decrease in self-restriction scores in patients with ED after their parental assertiveness intervention. No significant changes were observed, however, in the control group.ConclusionsOur results indicate that providing families with educational tools that aim at developing assertive communication may boost the level of assertiveness in adolescents and, thereby, presumably help in the prognosis of ED.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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