| Department of Psychiatry |
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| Specialty: Eating Disorders |
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About: Daniel le Grange, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, Section for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of the Eating Disorders Program at The University of Chicago. He received his doctoral education at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and trained in family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa at the Maudsley Hospital in London. At the Maudsley Hospital he was a member of the team who developed the “Maudsley Approach” as a treatment for early onset anorexia nervosa. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Maudsley Hospital and University of London and introduced the Maudsley Approach to his colleagues when he moved to the United States to do a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. le Grange is the author or co-author of more than 150 research and clinical articles, books, book chapters and abstracts. Most of his scholarly work is in the area of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders, including the first study of two outpatient family-based treatments for adolescents with anorexia nervosa. He is co-author of two family-based treatment manuals based on the Maudsley Approach, one for anorexia nervosa and one for bulimia nervosa. He is also co-author of a parent handbook for eating disorders in children and adolescents. Dr. le Grange was elected Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders in 2002 and over the past few years has held several leadership positions at the Academy. He is also a member of the Eating Disorders Research Society, serves on the clinical and scientific advisory council of the National Eating Disorders Association and is a member of the professional advisory panel of Family Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders. He is a past recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health (USA) Career Development Award designed to investigate the efficacy of two psychosocial treatments for adolescents with bulimia nervosa. He is currently the principal investigator on two 5-year NIMH multi site studies; one investigates the efficacy of two psychosocial treatments for adolescents with anorexia nervosa and another comparing three treatments for adolescents with bulimia nervosa. He is also investigator on a 4-year NIMH multi site study of ecological momentary assessment of anorexia nervosa, chief investigator on two 3-year National Health & Medical Research Council (Australia) grants evaluating psychosocial treatments for patients with anorexia nervosa, and the past recipient of an International Research Fellowship from the University of Sydney to develop family-based treatment for young adults with anorexia nervosa. Dr. le Grange has lectured extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and South Africa. |
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Selected Publications: Le Grange, D., & Eisler, I. Family interventions in adolescent anorexia nervosa. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2009, 18, 159-173. Le Grange, D., Crosby, R., & Lock, J. Predictors and moderators of outcome in family-based treatment for adolescent bulimia nervosa. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008, 47, 464-470. Le Grange, D., & Loeb, K.L. Early Identification and Treatment of Eating Disorders: Prodrome to Syndrome, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2007, 1, 27-39. Le Grange, D., Crosby, R.D., Rathouz, P.J., & Leventhal, B.L. A randomized controlled comparison of family-based treatment and supportive psychotherapy for adolescent bulimia nervosa. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2007, 64, 1049-1056. Chen E., & Le Grange, D. Subtyping adolescents with bulimia nervosa into “dietary-depressive’ and “depressive” subtypes. Behavior Research and Therapy, 2007, 45, 2813-2820. Le Grange, D., Doyle, P., Crosby, R., & Chen E. Early response to treatment in adolescent bulimia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2008, 41, 755-757. Le Grange, D., & Lock, J. Treating bulimia in adolescents: A family-based approach. New York: Guilford Press, 2007. Le Grange, D., Louw, J., Russell, B., Nel, T., & Silkstone, C. Eating attitudes and behaviors in South African adolescents and young adults. Transcultural Psychiatry, 43, 2006, 401-417. Le Grange, D. How enthusiastic should we be about family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa? European Eating Disorders Review, 14, 2006, 373-375. Le Grange, D., Binford, R., Peterson, C., Crow, S., Crosby, R., Klein, M., Bardone-Cone, A., Joiner, T., Mitchell, J., & Wonderlich, S. DSM-IV threshold versus sub-threshold bulimia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 39, 2006, 462-467. Le Grange, D. , & Schmidt, U. The treatment of adolescents with bulimia nervosa. Journal of Mental Health, 14, 2005, 587-597. Le Grange, D. , Binford, R., & Loeb, K. Manualized family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa: A case series. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 2005, 41-46. Le Grange, D. , Louw, J., Breen, A., & Katzman, M. The meaning of 'self-starvation' in impoverished Black adolescents in South Africa. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 28, 2004, 439-461. Lock, J., Le Grange, D. Help your teenager beat an eating disorder. New York: Guilford Press, 2004. Le Grange, D. , Loeb, K., Van Orman, S., & Jellar, C. Adolescent bulimia nervosa: A Disorder in Evolution? Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 158, 2004, 478-482. NIMH Anorexia Nervosa Task Group. Report of the National Institute of Health Workshop on Overcoming Barriers to Treatment Research in Anorexia Nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders , 35, 2004, 509-521. Lock, J., Le Grange, D. , Agras, W.S., Dare, C. Treatment manual for anorexia nervosa: A family-based approach. New York: Guilford Press, 2001. Eisler, I., Dare, C., Hodes, M., Russell, G.F.M., Dodge, E., & Le Grange, D. Family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa: The results of a controlled comparison of two family interventions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 41, 2000, 727-736. Le Grange, D. Family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa. Journal of Clinical Psychology , 5, 1999, 727-740. Le Grange, D. , Stone, A.A., & Brownell, K.D. Eating disturbances in white and minority female dieters. International Journal of Eating Disorders , 24, 1998, 395-403. Le Grange, D. , Telch, C.F., & Tibbs, J. Eating attitudes and behaviors in 1435 South African Caucasian and non-Caucasian college students. American Journal of Psychiatry , 155, 1998, 250-154. Eisler, I., Dare, C., Russell, G.F.M., Szmukler, G.I., Le Grange, D. , & Dodge, E. Family and individual therapy in anorexia nervosa: A five year follow-up. Archives of General Psychiatry , 54, 1997, 1025-1030. Le Grange, D. , Eisler, I., Dare, C., & Russell, G.F.M. Evaluation of family treatments in adolescent anorexia nervosa: A pilot study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 12, 1992, 347-357. |
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