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Family-Based Treatment in Adolescents and Emerging
Adults
Statement 12
➤ APA recommends (1B) that adolescents and emerging adults with
anorexia nervosa who have an involved caregiver be treated with
eating disorder-focused family-based treatment, which should include
caregiver education aimed at normalizing eating and weight control
behaviors and restoring weight.
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