Recovery

  • Focus of woman, psychologist making noise while family, parents and teen boy talking

    When Family-Based Treatment Stalls: Can We Adapt Earlier and More Precisely?

    Family-Based Treatment (FBT) has the strongest evidence base among psychological treatments for adolescents with anorexia nervosa, yet a substantial proportion of young people do not achieve full recovery. A 2024 trial found that adding Intensive Parental Coaching did not improve outcomes overall for adolescents with limited early weight gain. However, it may help families with low parental self-efficacy, supporting a more targeted approach. Blog by Professor Francisco Mucish.

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  • Daniel Le Grange

    Meet the expert on Family-Based Treatment (FBT)

    Discover what made family involvement the right foundation for treating adolescent anorexia nervosa and how Family-Based Treatment (FBT) works. Join Professor Daniel Le Grange at the event on 29 October 2026.

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  • Reflections from the room

    EBSA in young people: complexity, pressure, and the value of slowing down

    When a child stops going to school, the wish to help them back quickly is easy to understand. Emotionally based school avoidance rarely has a single cause, though, and the pace of a response can matter as much as its content. One thought runs through what follows: that slowing down can sometimes do more for a child than any effort to hurry a return.

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