Treating Bulimia in Adolescents: A Family-Based Approach

Daniel Le Grange, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Section for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of the Eating Disorders Program at the University of Chicago. Dr. Le Grange trained at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and was a member of the team at the Maudsley Hospital in London that developed family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa. He completed postdoctoral work at the University of London and at Stanford. Dr. Le Grange is the author of numerous research publications and is a past recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Career Development Award. He is currently principal investigator at the Chicago site for an NIMH anorexia nervosa treatment study, and investigator on an NIMH ecological momentary assessment study of anorexia nervosa.

James Lock, MD, PhD, is Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University. He is the director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Division of Child Psychiatry and psychiatric director of an inpatient eating disorder program for children and adolescents at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Dr. Lock trained in general psychiatry at UCLA and in child psychiatry at the University of California, Davis. The author of numerous scientific publications, he is a past recipient of an NIMH Early Career Development Award, a current recipient of an NIMH Mid-Career Development Award, and principal investigator at the Stanford site for an NIMH treatment study.