LAPC · Center for Discovery · Gottman Trained · EFT · DBT · Depth Psychology · Pittsburgh, PA
STUB — outline only. Expand before publishing.
Internal links: /blog/cbt-ar-for-adults, /blog/arfid-in-adults, /blog/arfid-treatment, /blog/fbt-isnt-enough-dbt-ed
STUB — CBT-AR (Thomas and Eddy) is individual cognitive-behavioral targeting maintaining mechanisms; FBT-ARFID (Lock, Le Grange, et al) is family-based treatment recruiting parents as the primary agents of refeeding, adapted from the Maudsley FBT model for anorexia.
STUB — depends on patient age, severity, family resources. FBT-ARFID stronger evidence in younger children with significant medical compromise; CBT-AR fits adolescents and adults with higher cognitive engagement and lower acute medical risk.
STUB — yes, sequentially or in coordinated parallel; some programs front-load FBT for medical stabilization then transition to CBT-AR for mechanism work.
STUB — FBT-ARFID is primarily studied in children and young adolescents; adapted family-involvement models exist for older patients.
STUB — clinical evaluation considering age, medical status, family capacity, and patient cognitive engagement. A specialist can recommend.
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