Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral, family-centered partial hospitalization program for adolescents with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa at six- and twelve-month follow-up.

This study examined the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral, family-centered partial hospitalization program (PHP) for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) and atypical AN (AAN), and described the outpatient services received following discharge. Participants (N = 31) completed anthropometric and self-report assessments at admission, discharge, and six and twelve months after discharge from the PHP. Descriptive statistics explored markers of feasibility.

Validation of the youth-nine item avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder screen.

Objective: This study assessed the factorial, divergent, and criterion-related validity of the Youth-Nine Item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Screen (Y-NIAS) in a paediatric clinical sample at initial evaluation for an eating disorder (ED).

Method: Participants included 310 patients (82.9% female, 77.

Preliminary Validation of The Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire-Short Parent Version (EDE-QS-P).

Objective: There is a lack of reliable and valid parent-report measures assessing eating disorder (ED) pathology in children and adolescents. This study aimed to develop and provide preliminary validation of a new parent-report measure, the 12-item Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short Parent Version (EDE-QS-P).

Method: The EDE-QS-P was completed by 296 parents seeking treatment for their child at an ED clinic.

The impact of between-session habituation, within-session habituation, and weight gain on response to food exposure for adolescents with eating disorders.

Objective: Exposure therapy is a promising treatment for eating disorders (EDs). However, questions remain about the effectiveness of exposure to feared foods during the weight restoration phase of treatment, and the importance of between-session and within-session habituation.

Method: We recruited 54 adolescents from a partial hospitalization program (PHP) for EDs which included daily food exposure.

Preliminary effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral, family-centered partial hospitalization program for children and adolescents with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.

Objective: This study explored the preliminary effectiveness of a partial hospitalization program (PHP) for children/adolescents with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). We evaluated how ARFID symptoms changed from admission to discharge, and collected follow-up data on symptoms and outpatient care following PHP discharge.

Method: Twenty-two children/adolescents with ARFID (77.

Patient perceptions of blind and open weighing in treatment for eating disorders.

Little is known about patients' perceptions toward open and blind weighing for eating disorders. Upon admission to a partial hospitalization program, 35 child/adolescent patients, 55 adult patients, and 36 parents of child/adolescent patients completed questionnaires assessing attitudes toward open and blind weighing. Participants perceived blind weighing as more effective in the short term.

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Hydroxyzine in the Treatment of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Rationale and Evidence.

Despite lack of evidence, various pharmacological agents are judiciously used to manage anxiety in avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). We aimed to explore the effectiveness of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), either alone or in combination with hydroxyzine, in a well-defined cohort of children and adolescents with ARFID receiving treatment in a partial hospitalization program for eating disorders. We conducted a retrospective chart review of 53 patients with ARFID who were prescribed an SSRI ( = 39) or SSRI with hydroxyzine ( = 14).

Do individuals with eating disorders dislike exposure therapy? Attitudes from children, adults, and parents toward exposure therapy and other treatments for eating disorders.

Objective: Exposure therapy appears underutilized in the treatment of eating disorders (EDs), perhaps due to clinicians' concerns that patients will dislike exposure therapy. The present study aims to investigate the attitudes of child patients, adult patients, and parents of child patients with EDs toward exposure therapy relative to four other treatments for EDs.

Method: A questionnaire was administered to patients and parents (N = 126) upon admission to a partial hospitalization program for EDs.

Assessment of Parental Knowledge and Understanding of Eating Disorders.

Recommended treatment of adolescent eating disorders includes active parental involvement. The purpose of this study was to assess baseline parental knowledge and understanding of eating disorders and how it is affected by participation in treatment. A cross-sectional and prospective cohort study comparing the parents of children ages 8 to 18 years seeking initial evaluation for an eating disorder at an adolescent medicine clinic (ED) to those attending appointments at a general pediatrics clinic (GP) was performed utilizing a 20-item questionnaire.

Motivational stage of change in young patients undergoing day treatment for eating disorders.

Background: The objective was to determine whether motivation to change is significantly altered over the course of partial hospitalization in children and adolescents with eating disorders (EDs).

Method: This study was a retrospective chart review of 30 sets of adolescents and their parents who completed the Motivational Stage of Change for Adolescents Recovering from an Eating Disorder (MSCARED) at both intake and discharge from partial hospitalization. The main outcome variables included change in stage of change (SOC) for patients and their parents.