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Overview

Daniel Le Grange is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with a significant concentration in clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. The research also intersects with fields such as sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, and pharmacy.

Their work extensively explores topics related to eating disorders and behaviors, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, child nutrition and feeding issues, obesity, physical activity, and diet. Additional interests include the impact of technology on adolescents, body image and dysmorphia studies, and obesity and health practices.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Enhanced cognitive-behavior therapy and family-based treatment for adolescents with an eating disorder: a non-randomized effectiveness trial (2020), Psychological Medicine
  • COVID-19 and implications for eating disorders (2020), European Eating Disorders Review
  • Short-term Outcomes of the Study of Refeeding to Optimize Inpatient Gains for Patients With Anorexia Nervosa (2020), JAMA Pediatrics
  • COVID Isolation Eating Scale (CIES): Analysis of the impact of confinement in eating disorders and obesity-A collaborative international study (2020), European Eating Disorders Review
  • The five tenets of family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders (2022), Journal of Eating Disorders

Frequent collaborators found in their work include Sasha Gorrell, Renee D. Rienecke, Philip S. Mehler, Alan Duffy, and Dan V. Blalock.

The scientist publishes regularly in several academic venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Other frequent publication venues are the European Eating Disorders Review, Journal of Eating Disorders, UNC Libraries, and Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Eating Disorders in Adolescents: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement

    Sonja A. Swanson;Scott J. Crow;Daniel Le Grange;Joel Swendsen;Joel Swendsen

  • Treatment Manual for Anorexia Nervosa: A Family-Based Approach

    James Lock;Daniel Le Grange

  • Randomized clinical trial comparing family-based treatment with adolescent-focused individual therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa.

    James Lock;Daniel Le Grange;W. Stewart Agras;Ann Moye

  • Family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa: the results of a controlled comparison of two family interventions.

    Ivan Eisler;Christopher Dare;Matthew Hodes;Gerald Russell

  • Family and Individual Therapy in Anorexia Nervosa: A 5-Year Follow-up

    Ivan Eisler;Christopher Dare;Gerald F. M. Russell;George Szmukler

  • Psychometric properties of the eating disorder examination-questionnaire: factor structure and internal consistency.

    Carol B. Peterson;Ross D. Crosby;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Thomas Joiner

  • A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Family-Based Treatment and Supportive Psychotherapy for Adolescent Bulimia Nervosa

    Daniel le Grange;Ross D. Crosby;Paul J. Rathouz;Bennett L. Leventhal

  • Evaluation of family treatments in adolescent anorexia nervosa: A pilot study

    Daniel Le Grange;Ivan Eisler;Christopher Dare;Gerald F. M. Russell

  • Academy for eating disorders position paper: The role of the family in eating disorders

    Daniel Le Grange;James Lock;Katharine Loeb;Katharine Loeb;Dasha Nicholls

  • COVID-19 and implications for eating disorders.

    Fernando Fernández‐Aranda;Fernando Fernández‐Aranda;Miquel Casas;Miquel Casas;Laurence Claes;Laurence Claes;Danielle Clark Bryan

  • Treating severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: a randomized controlled trial

    S. Touyz;D. Le Grange;H. Lacey;P. Hay

  • The role of affect in the maintenance of anorexia nervosa: evidence from a naturalistic assessment of momentary behaviors and emotion.

    Scott G. Engel;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Ross D. Crosby;James E. Mitchell

  • Family-based treatment of eating disorders.

    James Lock;Daniel le Grange

  • Moderators and mediators of remission in family-based treatment and adolescent focused therapy for anorexia nervosa.

    Daniel Le Grange;James Lock;W. Stewart Agras;Ann Moye

  • Family criticism and self‐starvation: a study of expressed emotion

    Daniel le Grange;Ivan Eisler;Christopher Dare;Matthew Hodes

  • Report of the National Institutes of Health workshop on overcoming barriers to treatment research in anorexia nervosa.

    W. Stewart Agras;Harry A. Brandt;Cynthia M. Bulik;Regina Dolan-Sewell

  • Early weight gain predicts outcome in two treatments for adolescent anorexia nervosa.

    Daniel Le Grange;Erin C. Accurso;James Lock;Stewart Agras

  • Physical and Psychological Morbidity in Adolescents With Atypical Anorexia Nervosa

    Susan M Sawyer;Melissa Whitelaw;Daniel Le Grange;Daniel Le Grange;Michele Yeo

  • A systematic review of approaches to refeeding in patients with anorexia nervosa

    Andrea K. Garber;Susan M. Sawyer;Neville H. Golden;Angela S. Guarda

  • Quality of life after gastric bypass surgery: A cross-sectional study

    Maureen P. Dymek;Daniel Le Grange;Kim Neven;John Alverdy

  • Eating disorder not otherwise specified presentation in the US population.

    Daniel Le Grange;Sonja A. Swanson;Sonja A. Swanson;Scott J. Crow;Kathleen R. Merikangas

  • Early response to family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa.

    Peter M. Doyle;Daniel Le Grange;Katharine Loeb;Katharine Loeb;Angela Celio Doyle

  • Eating disorder not otherwise specified in adolescents.

    Kamryn T. Eddy;Angela Celio Doyle;Renee Rienecke Hoste;David B. Herzog

  • Randomized Clinical Trial of Parent-Focused Treatment and Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

    Daniel Le Grange;Elizabeth K. Hughes;Andrew Court;Michele Yeo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross D. Crosby
Ross D. Crosby University of North Dakota
James E. Lock
James E. Lock Stanford University
James E. Mitchell
James E. Mitchell University of North Dakota
Scott J. Crow
Scott J. Crow University of Minnesota
Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Carol B. Peterson
Carol B. Peterson University of Minnesota
Scott G. Engel
Scott G. Engel University of North Dakota
Susan M Sawyer
Susan M Sawyer University of Melbourne
Andrea B. Goldschmidt
Andrea B. Goldschmidt University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Jason M. Lavender
Jason M. Lavender Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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