Relation between increasing attachment security and weight gain: a clinical study of adolescents and their parents at an outpatient ward

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with a relational and a family focus has impact on attachment insecurity in adolescent ED-patients and outcomes in terms of BMI. It is important to engage the parents, who need to help the adolescents to separate at that developmental stage. A secure therapeutic context, which enables mentalizations and allows new relational experiences, is essential. The ASQ-instrument is useful in indicating how the treatment of ED-adolescents is proceeding.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV: evidence obtained from multiple time series with the intervention.PMID:37816948 | PMC:PMC10564661 | DOI:10.1007/s40519-023-01611-x
Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Source Type: research