Dr. Daniel le Grange, psychologist and Director of the Eating Disorders Program in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Chicago, received his education at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, and his clinical training at the Maudsley Hospital in London. He completed postdoctoral training at the University of London and at Stanford University.

At the Maudsley Hospital, he participated in some of the original family therapy studies for adolescent anorexia nervosa. At Stanford, he participated in treatment of adult anorexia nervosa.

Dr. le Grange is the author or co-author of numerous research and clinical articles on the subject of family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and 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 a member of the Eating Disorders Research Society and also serves on the clinical and scientific advisory council of the National Eating Disorders Association.

His main areas of clinical and research interest are treatment outcome studies and cross-cultural aspects of eating disorders.

Le Grange, D., Eisler, I., Dare, C., & Russell, G. F. M. (1992). Evaluation of family treatments in adolescent anorexia nervosa: A pilot study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 12, 347-357.

Eisler, I., Dare, C., Russell, G. F. M., Szmukler, G. I., Le Grange, D., & Dodge, E. (1997). Family and individual therapy in anorexia nervosa: A five year follow-up. Archives of General Psychiatry, 54, 1025-1030.

Le Grange, D., Telch, C. F., & Tibbs, J. (1998). Eating attitudes and behaviors in 1435 South African Caucasian and non-Caucasian college students. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 250-154.

Le Grange, D., Stone, A. A., & Brownell, K. D. (1998). Eating disturbances in white and minority female dieters. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 24, 395-403.

Le Grange, D. (1999). Family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 5, 727-740.

Eisler, I., Dare, C., Hodes, M., Russell, G. F. M., Dodge, E., & Le Grange, D. (2000). Family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa: The results of a controlled comparison of two family interventions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41, 727-736.

Lock, J., Le Grange, D., Agras, W. S., & Dare, C. (2001). Treatment manual for anorexia nervosa: A family-based approach. New York: Guilford Press.

NIMH Anorexia Nervosa Task Group. (2004). Report of the National Institute of Health Workshop on Overcoming Barriers to Treatment Research in Anorexia Nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 35, 509-521.

Le Grange, D., Loeb, K., Van Orman, S., & Jellar, C. (2004). Adolescent bulimia nervosa: A Disorder in Evolution? Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 158, 478-482.

Lock, J., & Le Grange, D. (2004). Help your teenager beat an eating disorder. New York: Guilford Press.

Le Grange, D., Louw, J., Breen, A., & Katzman, M. (2004). The meaning of 'self-starvation' in impoverished Black adolescents in South Africa. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 28, 439-461.

Le Grange, D., Binford, R., & Loeb, K. (2005). Manualized family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa: A case series. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 44, 41-46.

Le Grange, D., & Schmidt, U. (2005). The treatment of adolescents with bulimia nervosa. Journal of Mental Health, 14, 587-597.