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Anorexia runs in families: does this make the families responsible? A commentary on ‘Anorexia runs in families: is this due to genes or the family environment?’ (Dring, 2014)
To reduce the aetiology of anorexia nervosa (AN) to either genes or family environment is to ignore the wide acceptance of AN as a complex, multifactorial neuropsychiatric condition that possibly develops as an interplay of rare and common genetic and environmental causes, sociocultural influences a...
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Published in: | Journal of family therapy 2015-02, Vol.37 (1), p.93-102 |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | To reduce the aetiology of anorexia nervosa (AN) to either genes or family environment is to ignore the wide acceptance of AN as a complex, multifactorial neuropsychiatric condition that possibly develops as an interplay of rare and common genetic and environmental causes, sociocultural influences and psychological traits. This article (Dring, 2014) fails to address the contribution of nearly 30 years of research in family interventions that have been undertaken around the world, which have influenced the move from considering the family as the problem to it as the solution, the major resource in enabling recovery, particularly in respect of adolescent onset AN (Downs and Blow, 2013; Eisler et al., 2010). |
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ISSN: | 0163-4445 1467-6427 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-6427.12065 |