Attachment and mentalization as predictors of outcome in family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa.

Anorexia nervosa-focussed family therapy (FT-AN) is the first-line treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN), but the predictors of poor treatment response are not well understood. The main aim of this study was to investigate the role of attachment and mentalization in predicting treatment outcome. The secondary aims of the study were to investigate therapeutic alliance at 1 month as a predictor of outcome, and to test the associations between alliance and baseline attachment and mentalization.

'Living in an alternative reality': adolescents' experiences of psychiatric inpatient care.

Background:   To date minimal research has investigated adolescent psychiatric inpatient care from a service-user perspective.

Method:   Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 adolescents with experience of psychiatric inpatient care. Interviews were analysed using the grounded theory method (Glaser & Strauss, 1967).