Maudsley Approach
The Maudsley method, called Family-Based Treatment, is an intensive outpatient program where parents are incorporated as active participants. The main goals of this strategy’s parent inclusion are to include and promote parental involvement in their child’s healing process. At the Maudsley Hospital in London, Christopher Dare and his colleagues developed this therapeutic approach in its initial version in 1985.
A family-based therapist usually oversees the three phases of this therapy, which take place over 6 to 12 months and involve the entire family in weekly sessions. These sessions involve a family dinner overseen by a therapist who may help identify several aspects of the family during the meal.
This technique has proven beneficial for teenagers who have had eating disorders for a shorter period, particularly less than three years. The Maudsley technique was first used to treat anorexia nervosa patients, but over time it evolved into therapy for BED. Adolescents with Bulimia Nervosa, elderly patients, and childhood obesity are other illnesses for which the Maudsley method is utilized.
