Optimizing Fidelity to Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

Stanford University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Online Training for Therapists

Treatments: Other: Novel FBT training; Other: Standard FBT training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02139462

1R21MH096779-01

SPO 103420 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will use a data base of archived therapy sessions of family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa to determine the role of fidelity to treatment and outcome. In addition, it will develop a novel, more efficient way to train therapists in family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa and examine if it is feasible to conduct a trial comparing this novel training to standard, more intensive training.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• masters or doctoral training in their field (psychology, psychiatry, family therapy).
• must be licensed
• have no reports of malpractice or loss of privileges at clinical institution
• minimum caseload 5 adolescents with AN each year over past 3 years
• no previous training in FBT
• computer/web access

Exclusion criteria

• Previous FBT training for AN

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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47 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard training

Experimental group

Description:

Therapists will receive standard training in FBT.

Treatment:

Other: Standard FBT training

Novel training

Experimental group

Description:

Therapists will receive a novel, more efficient training in FBT

Treatment:

Other: Novel FBT training