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ArticleBMC psychiatry2025

National implementation of guided self-help family-based treatment for youth with eating disorders: a study protocol.

Jennifer Couturier, Jeannine Smith, Maria Nicula, Ethan Nella, Tovah Yanover, Holly Agostino, Stephanie Annema, Jonathan Boman, Jason Bond, Jennifer S Coelho and 29 more

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06851273 (National Implementation of Highly Efficient Evidence-Informed Treatment for Youth With Eating Disorders), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 · The registry

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NCT06851273 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

National Implementation of Highly Efficient Evidence-Informed Treatment for Youth With Eating Disorders

TypeinterventionalSponsorMcMaster UniversityRan2026 to 2027Enrolled90ConditionsEating DisordersArmsGuided Self Help Family Based Therapy (GSH FBT)
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

39 authors.

Jennifer CouturierDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada. coutur@mcmaster.ca.
Jeannine SmithBody Brave, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Maria NiculaDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Ethan NellaDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Tovah YanoverDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Holly AgostinoEating Disorders Program, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Stephanie AnnemaCommunity Mental Health and Addictions, Health PEI, Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada.
Jonathan BomanDepartment of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Jason BondDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Jennifer S CoelhoProvincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for Children and Adolescents, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Anne-Marie CoolenEating Disorders Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Nandini DattaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Gina DimitropoulosFaculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Catherine FordEating Disorders Ontario, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Leanna IsserlinDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Natasha JohnsonDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Shaleen JonesEating Disorders Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Debra KatzmanDivision of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, SickKids Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Brynn KellyDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Aaron KeshenNova Scotia Provincial Eating Disorder Service, Section of Community Psychiatry, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Melissa KimberDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Sonia KumarBody Brave, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Ayisha KurjiCollege of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Emilie LacroixDepartment of Psychology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Alison MarklandCollege of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Brittany MathesonDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Gail McVeyUniversity Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Brittany McQuillanCommunity Mental Health and Addictions, Health PEI, Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada.
Mark NorrisChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Nicole ObeidChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Suzanne PhillipsNational Eating Disorders Information Centre (NEDIC), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Wendy PreskowNational Initiative for Eating Disorders, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Allison RodriguesDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Sarah SmithDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Chelcie SorokaDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Wendy SpettigueChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Cheryl WebbDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.
Jessica WournellNova Scotia Provincial Eating Disorder Service, Section of Community Psychiatry, Halifax, NS, Canada.
James D LockDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGuided self-help family-based treatment (GSH-FBT) is emerging as a promising, more efficient alternative to traditional family-based treatment (FBT). The present study is designed to examine the real-world implementation of GSH-FBT at pediatric treatment sites across nine provinces in Canada.

methodsImplementation teams at each site consisting of a GSH-FBT coach, a medical provider, and a program administrator will be formed. Clinician coaches will be trained in this new modality and supported with weekly GSH-FBT consultation. Each site will recruit ten families with an adolescent with anorexia nervosa and the parents will undergo ten virtual GSH-FBT sessions. The implementation approach will be evaluated using qualitative and quantitative methods. Outcomes of interest include (1) treatment fidelity, (2) treatment wait times, (3) change in adolescent symptoms and parent/caregiver self-efficacy, (4) change in provider readiness, attitudes, and confidence towards the intervention, and (5) the overall experience of the implementation of the intervention from the perspective of the provider teams, and participant families. DISCUSSION: The findings of this study will help to identify factors important to the acceptability and implementation of GSH-FBT in real-world clinical settings.

trial registrationThis study was first registered with clinicaltrials.gov (registration # NCT06851273) on February 12, 2025 (url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06851273?id=NCT06851273&rank=1 ).

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Anorexia NervosaFamily TherapyFeeding and Eating DisordersSelf CareAdolescentCanadaFemaleHumansMaleSelf EfficacyAdolescentAnorexia nervosaEating disordersFamily-based treatmentGuided self-helpInterventionPaediatric

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