Examining the feasibility of a parental self‐help intervention for families awaiting pediatric eating disorder services.
Objective: Waitlists for eating disorder (ED) services grew immensely during the COVID‐19 pandemic. To address this, we studied the feasibility of a novel parental self‐help waitlist intervention. Method: Parents of a child/adolescent (7–17 years) awaiting pediatric ED services were provided with ou...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Eating Disorders Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 276 - 282 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2023
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