RESUMOOs transtornos alimentares são caracterizados por uma grave perturbação do comportamento alimentar, acompanhada por distorção da imagem corporal, com conseqüências clínicas e emocionais tanto para a pessoa que sofre deste transtorno quanto para seus familiares. A terapia familiar é uma das indicações para o tratamento dos transtornos alimentares, uma vez que os conflitos familiares ou são causadores destes transtornos ou conseqüências dos mesmos. O objetivo deste artigo é a descrição de um plano de tratamento familiar para tais pacientes, seguindo o modelo de terapia cognitivo-comportamental. A terapia de família é um recurso terapêutico com o objetivo central de melhorar as relações e conflitos existentes, promovendo, deste modo, a melhora do prognóstico do transtorno alimentar. Palavras-chave: Transtornos alimentares; tratamento familiar; terapia cognitivocomportamental. COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY IN EATING DISORDERS: A FAMILY APPROACH TO INTERVENTION IN CRISIS ABSTRACTThe eating disorders are characterized by a serious disruption of eating behavior, accompanied by a distortion of body image, with clinical and emotional consequences to the person who suffers with this disorder and for their families. The family therapy is one of the indications for the treatment of eating disorders, since the family conflicts or cause these disorders or are consequences of them. This article is the description of a family plan of treatment to these patients, following the model of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Initially, it highlighted the etiology and epidemiology of eating disorders. The family therapy is a therapeutic resource with the central goal of improving relations and conflicts, promoting thus improves the prognosis of the eating disorder.
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