Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is a therapeutic approach that has shown promising results in treating ARFID in children and adolescents. In some cases, FBT-ARFID is an appropriate intervention for young adults who are living at home with parental support. FBT-ARFID...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for ARFID (CBT-AR) is an appropriate intervention for children (age 10 and up), adolescents and adults with ARFID.
Does your child have a strikingly small repertory of foods they’re willing to eat? Do they avoid foods due to smell, texture, color, perceived imperfections, brand or any other seemingly arbitrary feature? Learn more about ARFID treatment.
We hope you’ve been enjoying the Columbus Park ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) blog series! This third and final installment of the series will focus on Feelings and Body Investigators (FBI) as an innovative ARFID treatment modality for children ages...
In our previous blog, we defined Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and detailed the impact of ARFID on both health and quality of life. In this second blog of our ARFID series, we’ll talk about treatment for ARFID; specifically, Cognitive Behavioral...
You may recall your early years as your taste palate was developing. Perhaps you subsisted on typical “kid-friendly foods” like pizza, mac and cheese, hot dogs. Or maybe you were even more selective than most – earning the description of “finicky” or “picky.” ...
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder diagnosis that has been introduced into the DSM-5.
We believe that even severe eating disorders in children can be treated at home, especially when caregivers are given the tools to support their child.
Here, we take a closer look at best practices for evidence-based eating disorder treatments for the most common eating disorders in 2022.
As we celebrate National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, it’s the perfect time to share 10 surprising facts about eating disorders.