A Study to Evaluate Primary Care Treatment for Adolescent Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Eating Disorders focused on measuring Children and Adolescents
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of a DSM-5 restrictive eating disorder (anorexia nervosa or other specified feeding or eating disorder characterized by dietary restriction and/or weight loss or failure to make expected weight gains). Eligible patients will have at least one caregiver who is also willing to participate in the study. Eligible patients must receive primary care through one of 3 MCHS sites connected to the study: Onalaska/La Crosse, Redwing, and Faribault. Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded who have received FBT in the past, and/or who report active suicidality. Patients who become physically or psychiatrically unstable during the study will be re-evaluated and referred for appropriate treatment. Patients will be excluded if their enrolled caregiver has active substance dependence, mental health concerns that make it difficult to engage in treatment, or are perpetrators of abuse.
Sites / Locations
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
FBT-PC delivered by a primary care provider
Standard FBT
Subjects will receive up to 18 sessions of FBT-PC, delivered by a primary care provider, at their primary care clinic over 6 months.
Subjects will receive up to 18 session of FBT, delivered by a specialist mental health provider at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN over 6 months.