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Open AccessCharacterising illness stages and recovery trajectories of eating disorders in young people via remote measurement technology (STORY): a multi-centre prospective cohort study protocol
Eating disorders (EDs) are serious, often chronic, conditions associated with pronounced morbidity, mortality, and dysfunction increasingly affecting young people worldwide. Illness progression, stages and rec...
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Greater rate of weight loss predicts paediatric hospital admission in adolescent typical and atypical anorexia nervosa
Hospital admissions for eating disorders (ED) are rapidly increasing. Limited research exists evidencing the factors that lead to hospital admissions or their outcomes. The current study aimed to identify pred...
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Open AccessHow young people perceive change to occur in family therapy for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study
Family therapy for anorexia nervosa (FT-AN) is the first line recommended treatment for child and adolescent anorexia nervosa. Despite evidence of its efficacy, little is understood about the treatment mechani...
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Open AccessEmotional reactivity and prosocial behaviour in response to witnessing social exclusion in adolescents with eating disorders and healthy controls
Prosocial behaviour can promote positive social interactions and it is a key skill in adolescence. People with emotional problems or psychiatric disorders, such as people with eating disorders might have impai...
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Open AccessAttachment and mentalization as predictors of outcome in family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa-focussed family therapy (FT-AN) is the first-line treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN), but the predictors of poor treatment response are not well understood. The main aim of this st...
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Multi-family therapy voor eetstoornissen: een systematische sco** review van de kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve bevindingen
Doel: In deze studie is onderzoek gedaan naar de kwantitatieve en kwalitatieve bewijsbasis voor multi-family therapy (MFT) voor eetstoornissen, wat betreft de veranderingen in fysieke en psychische symptomen, bre...
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Toward the Integration of Family Therapy and Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders
Maudsley family therapy (FT) and family-based treatment (FBT) are two seminal, related, evidence-based approaches for treating adolescents with eating disorders. Founded principally for the treatment of anorex...
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Open AccessImplementing service transformation for children and adolescents with eating disorders across England: the theory, politics, and pragmatics of large-scale service reform
Eating disorders are among the most serious mental health problems affecting children and young people and without appropriate treatment often have a protracted course with high levels of morbidity and mortali...
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Open AccessSilent witnesses: the experience of having a sibling with anorexia nervosa
This study explored the experience of having a sibling with anorexia nervosa and the sibling perspectives on service provision.
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Open AccessGroup cognitive remediation therapy for children and adolescents in intensive day-patient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a feasibility study
Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) is an adjunct treatment targeting set-shifting (SS) and weak central coherence (CC) thought to play a role in maintaining anorexia nervosa (AN). This study aimed to test the...
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Open AccessAdolescent experience of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy: a qualitative study
Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO DBT) is a novel transdiagnostic treatment that targets ‘maladaptive overcontrol’; a transdiagnostic cluster of traits associated with excessive emotional and be...
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Open AccessThe experience of intolerance of uncertainty for parents of young people with a restrictive eating disorder
This study aimed to explore how parents of young people with a restrictive eating disorder (ED) experience and manage uncertainty.
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Open AccessFrom efficacy to effectiveness: child and adolescent eating disorder treatments in the real world (part 1)—treatment course and outcomes
Findings from randomised control trials inform the development of evidence-based eating disorder (ED) practice guidelines internationally. Only recently are data beginning to emerge regarding how these treatme...
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Open AccessFrom efficacy to effectiveness: child and adolescent eating disorder treatments in the real world (Part 2): 7-year follow-up
Eating disorders are often characterised as disabling, chronic or relapsing conditions with high mortality rates. This study reports follow-up outcomes for patients seen at the Maudsley Centre for Child and Ad...
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A Preliminary Validation of the Youth Over- and Under-Control (YOU-C) Screening Measure with a Community Sample
Counselling practice has been supported by the development and use of interventions that are situated around overcontrol (OC) and under-control (UC) personality characteristics. Although related measures are c...
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Open AccessRadically open dialectical behaviour therapy adapted for adolescents: a case series
Overcontrol is a transdiagnostic cluster of traits associated with excessive psychological, behavioural and social inhibitory control. It is associated with psychiatric diagnoses of depression, restrictive eat...
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Open AccessFormulation in eating disorder focused family therapy: why, when and how?
In the broadest sense, formulation, or case conceptualisation, is the process of collaborative sense-making. It is something all clinicians are doing constantly, whether formally and consciously or not. Most c...
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Open AccessIs this the ‘new normal’? A mixed method investigation of young person, parent and clinician experience of online eating disorder treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, research in virtual care for young people with eating disorders was preliminary and implementation rare. This study explored the experience of young people, parents and clinicia...
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Open AccessCost-effectiveness of specialist eating disorders services for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa: a national surveillance study
Evidence suggests specialist eating disorders services for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa have the potential to improve outcomes and reduce costs through reduced hospital admissions. This study...
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Open AccessBrief early adolescent multi-family therapy (BEAM) trial for anorexia nervosa: a feasibility randomized controlled trial protocol
Multi-family therapy (MFT) is a recommended treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa internationally. Despite recent significant advances in single-family therapy, the evidence base for MFT remains relatively...
