ArticleJournal of eating disorders2015
Family-based treatment with transition age youth with anorexia nervosa: a qualitative summary of application in clinical practice.
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- Moderators of treatment effect in a randomised controlled trial of single- and multi-family therapy for anorexia nervosa in adolescents and emerging adults.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Trial
- [Transition to adulthood with an eating disorder-Current state of research and recommendations for successful transition].Der Nervenarzt · 2026Review
- Mind the gap: parental perspectives on mental health service transitions for young adults with anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Family therapy for emerging adults with anorexia nervosa: Expert opinion on evidence, practice considerations, and future directions.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Review
- Clinician knowledge and perceptions of evidence-based practice in pediatric eating disorders in Western Canada.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Predictors of response to family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa in youth: insights from the VIBUS project.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Observational
- Co-producing a transition model of care for eating disorders: lessons learned from a multi-perspective qualitative study with young people, carers and mental health professionals.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Peer support for eating disorders in Canada: program user perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: clinical practice guideline.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- From research to practice: a model for clinical implementation of evidence-based outpatient interventions for eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Review
- Temperament-based treatment for young adults with eating disorders: acceptability and initial efficacy of an intensive, multi-family, parent-involved treatment.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Adaptation to family-based treatment for Medicaid-insured youth with anorexia nervosa in publicly-funded settings: Protocol for a mixed methods implementation scale-out pilot study.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Adolescents with full or subthreshold anorexia nervosa in a naturalistic sample: treatment interventions and patient satisfaction.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2020Article
- Eating Disorders on College Campuses in the United States: Current Insight on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment.Current psychopharmacology · 2020Article
- External support and personal agency - young persons' reports on recovery after family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative descriptive study.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- "As long as they eat"? Therapist experiences, dilemmas and identity negotiations of Maudsley and family-based therapy for anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2019Article
- Family-based treatment for transition age youth: parental self-efficacy and caregiver accommodation.Journal of eating disorders · 2018Article
- Open Trial of Family-Based Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa for Transition Age Youth.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2018Article
- Family-Based Therapy for Young Adults with Anorexia Nervosa Restores Weight.The International journal of eating disorders · 2016Article
- Family involvement in eating disorder treatment among Latinas.Eating disordersArticle
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Abstract
backgroundFamily based treatment (FBT) has been empirically investigated in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19 years of age. Although parental control over eating symptoms and the weight gain process are temporary and necessary due to serious medical complications, FBT may be developmentally inappropriate when working with older adolescents. To date, there are no studies identifying how the principles of this model are used differentially across different stages of adolescence. This study aimed to identify how clinicians informed by FBT employ this model with transition age youth (TAY) (16-21) with an eating disorder.
methodsUsing content analysis, seven individual interviews and six focus groups were conducted with 34 clinicians from specialized Eating Disorder Treatment programs across Ontario, Canada.
resultsParticipants consistently reported modifying FBT to increase its developmental appropriateness with TAY in the following ways: working more collaboratively with the patient, increasing individual time spent with the patient prior to the family meeting, providing greater opportunities for the individual to practice eating without parental support and introducing relapse prevention in the latter phase of the treatment.
conclusionsIn all adaptations of the model, participants in focus groups and individual interviews cited the age of the individual with the eating disorder, their level of autonomy and independence in all areas of their lives, and their pending transfer of care from paediatric to adult eating disorder programs as main factors that influenced the modification of FBT with TAY. While adaptations were made across all three phases of FBT, adherence to the model progressively declined over the course of treatment with adaptations increasing significantly in the later phases. Future research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of an adapted version of FBT with TAY.
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