Children and young people with anorexia nervosa (AN) are often recommended family-based treatment as the first-line intervention (Gorrell et al., 2019). The child who has struggled to eat – limiting their intake, counting calories, adhering to rigid rules about food – is now re-fed by their parents and has the control over food taken away from them in efforts to restore their physical health. The parents who may have previously transitioned away from being responsible for their child’s intake, are now empowered by the treatment team to take...
Recovery from first-episode psychosis (FEP) often brings a sense of relief, but it also raises a challenging question. After a period of experiencing...