Maudsley Service Manual for Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders (2016 PDF)

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The Maudsley Service Manual for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (Revised July 2016) is the definitive professional guide developed by the Maudsley Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Service (CAEDS). It brings together decades of clinical research and real-world practice into a single, structured manual for outpatient and specialist services.

This manual is widely regarded as the gold standard for Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT-AN) and related eating disorders in young people. It integrates systemic family therapy, multidisciplinary team working, medical risk management, and phased treatment strategies.

📚 What This Manual Covers

🔹 Service Model & Foundations

• Ethical practice in eating disorder treatment

• The Maudsley Service Model

• History and evidence base

• Multidisciplinary team structure

• Role of:

  • Paediatricians

  • Dietitians

  • Family therapists

• Medical risk assessment

• Refeeding syndrome management

• Paediatric admission protocols

🔹 Maudsley Family Therapy Manual (FT-AN)

• Principles of systemic family therapy

• Reorganisation of family around illness

• Use and limits of therapy manuals

• Frameworks for change

• Externalisation techniques

• Therapeutic alliance building

🔹 Phases of Treatment

• Phase 1: Engagement & therapeutic alliance

  • Initial assessment

  • Medical evaluation

  • Family meal intervention

  • “Mini-meal” technique

• Phase 2: Managing the eating disorder

  • Mealtime strategies

  • Challenging illness-driven beliefs

• Phase 3: Individual & family development

  • Autonomy and individuation

  • Adolescence and identity

• Phase 4: Ending treatment & relapse prevention

  • Discharge planning

  • Long-term resilience

🔹 Appendices Include

• Medical assessment protocols

• Paediatric ward management

• Outpatient meal plans

• Healthy weight guidance

• Family therapy techniques

• Case formulation examples

• Comparison of therapy models

📊 File Details

🚀 Why Buy This Manual?

This is the exact professional handbook used by specialist NHS and clinical teams to treat eating disorders in children and adolescents. If you are a therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, dietitian, or service planner, this manual gives you field-tested protocols, frameworks, and clinical clarity in one authoritative PDF.

Download instantly and gain access to the gold-standard methodology trusted worldwide for saving young lives and rebuilding families.