Families ‘not to blame for children’s anorexia’
Dr James Lock, a US psychiatrist specialising in adolescence, said there was no evidence to support the view parents were to blame. But, he pointed out, it was because parents were held responsible that they were being totally excluded from being involved in caring for their afflicted offspring.
Instead of being the culprits, parents were the key to their children’s recovery, Dr Lock told a conference on adolescent mental health in the Mater Hospital in Dublin.
