ArticleJournal of eating disorders2023
What is day hospital treatment for anorexia nervosa really like? A reflexive thematic analysis of feedback from young people.
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- Changes in Parental Well-Being Following Intensive Day Programme Treatment for Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescents.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Clinician's Experience of Working with an Intensive Outpatient Programme for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders-A Reflexive Thematic Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Clinician perspectives on the process of change in an adolescent eating disorder Day Program.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The mediating role of social connectedness between inflexibility, the suppression of emotional expression, and symptoms of eating disorders and depression in adolescents with restrictive eating disorders referred for radically open dialectical behaviour therapy (RO DBT).Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- What factors do parents/caregivers think impact change in family therapy for anorexia nervosa?: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- What is day programme treatment for anorexia nervosa really like? Part 2: A reflexive thematic analysis of feedback from caregivers.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The Role of the Dietitian Within a Day Programme for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Clinician Perspectives.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Adolescent Patient Perspectives on Family-Based Treatment: A Pilot Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Admission and goodbye letters from adolescents with anorexia nervosa in a day hospital.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Clinician perspectives on how change occurs in multi-family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Multi-family Therapy for Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- How young people perceive change to occur in family therapy for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundA significant proportion of young people do not respond to the NICE recommended treatment for anorexia nervosa: Family Therapy. Whilst historically these young people would be admitted to inpatient services, which are associated with greater treatment cost, greater risk of relapse, and worse outcome, more recently evidence is building for the effectiveness of day programmes. One day programme that has been found to be effective is the Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP) of the Maudsley Centre for Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders in London, UK. However, to-date no studies have investigated how young people experience such a day programme.
methodAnonymous feedback was completed via online survey by 51 young people over a 5-year period (2018-2023) on discharge from ITP.
resultsFour main themes were identified: (1) Support-young people expressed the importance of boundaries but also of feeling validated, and encouraged; (2) Uniqueness: an experience like no other-ITP was described as different to any other treatment received before (both outpatient and inpatient); (3) Relationships - young people valued connecting with others in a similar situation and reflected that relationships at home changed throughout treatment; (4) Self-development - learning skills, developing independence, and exploring an identity outside of the eating disorder was valued.
conclusionsIt is hoped that the reflections from these young people can help to inform clinicians working in DPs and those hoping to set up novel DPs about key aspects of treatment.
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