XXXX in teenagers: change in family function after family therapy, at 2-year follow-up.

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Family therapy has emerged as the treatment of choice for young @entity1 with @entity1278 , yet there is insufficient knowledge about what actually happens within the family unit in these cases. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how a family undergoing treatment due to an anorectic @entity1 changes their mode of functioning. Twenty-six families were studied. The concepts chosen in the study were closely linked to fundamental principles advocated by the therapeutic model used in the treatment, using a multi-method approach with both observer ratings and self-rating questionnaires. According to observer ratings, the families had changed towards a more functional pattern on all dimensions rated. They had a clearer hierarchy and a higher degree of competency. Cohesion and Adaptability had changed towards a more balanced pattern, away from enmeshment and @entity2003 . According to self-ratings, the families changed toward more expressiveness. Families where the @entity1 had recovered were less enmeshed at follow-up. We also found a tendency towards higher degree of competence in these families.
