An insight into family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders and its role in the Asian context

• Main Authors: Chong, Jia Hui, Tang, Vess Shuen, Yip, Lynn
• Other Authors: Shen Biing-Jiun
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141395
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is gaining popularity as a first-line treatment for adolescent Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN). The number of adolescents with AN and BN have been on the rise in recent years, particularly in the Asian context. This paper examines the history of FBT, its t...