Scientist-practitioner family therapists, postmodern medical practitioners and expert parents: Second-order change in the eating disorders program at the children's hospital at Westmead

Paul Rhodes*, Sloane Madden

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    Abstract

    The Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia integrates a variety of schools of family therapy, and has been developed and supported by a number of randomized controlled trials. In this paper we will describe the systemic organizational changes that have occurred as a result of the inclusion of this model in the Eating Disorders Program at The Children's Hospital at Westmead over an eighteen-month period, including a process of mutual influence between medical practitioners and family therapists. These changes have contributed towards a dramatic improvement in clinical outcomes including a significant drop in readmission rates to hospital.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)171-182
    Number of pages12
    JournalJournal of Family Therapy
    Volume27
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2005

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