Pilot Study Outcomes and Recommendations from Developing an Australian Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders

Sinead Day; Catherine Houlihan; Deborah Mitchison; Janet Conti; Katherine Gill; Haider Mannan; Kirsten McMahon; Lucie Ramjan; Rebekah Rankin; Wadad Kathy Tannous; Ranjani Utpala; Phillipa Hay

doi:10.3390/adolescents4030023

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Pilot Study Outcomes and Recommendations from Developing an Australian Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders

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Pilot Study Outcomes and Recommendations from Developing an Australian Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders

Sinead Day, Catherine Houlihan, Deborah Mitchison, Janet Conti, Katherine Gill, Haider Mannan, Kirsten McMahon, Lucie Ramjan, Rebekah Rankin, Wadad Kathy Tannous, …

Adolescents , Vol.4(3), pp.324-334

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/adolescents4030023

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Abstract

eating disorders

treatment

residential

outcomes

UniSC Diversity Area - Disability and Inclusion

Individuals with eating disorders often face difficulty accessing sufficiently intensive, recovery-focused treatment. Residential treatment may fill a gap in the spectrum of care, offering 24-h support in a more home-like environment than a hospital and using a holistic approach including individual and group psychological therapy, meal support, and lived experience staff. As residential treatment has not previously been examined in Australia, the current study aimed to document the development, treatment components, and structure of this first Australian residential service for eating disorders and provide a pilot of its treatment outcomes. Preliminary outcomes are included from a sample of 19 individuals from the first six months of admissions, including eating disorder symptoms, eating disorder-related impairment, anxiety, and depression. Significant pre- to post-treatment improvement was found in total eating disorder psychopathology, dietary restraint, eating concerns, body mass index, eating disorder-related impairment, and depression, but not from pre-treatment to a six-month follow-up. Pilot outcomes were positive at end-of-treatment but require further clinical evaluation to examine follow-up effects. Clinical insights are discussed from the establishment of this new treatment service, including recommendations for clinicians involved in the current roll-out of residential programs across Australia.

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Title: Pilot Study Outcomes and Recommendations from Developing an Australian Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders
Authors: Sinead Day (Corresponding Author) - Western Sydney University
Catherine Houlihan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Psychology
Deborah Mitchison (Author) - University of Technology Sydney
Janet Conti (Author) - Western Sydney University
Katherine Gill (Author) - Department of Education and Training
Haider Mannan (Author) - Western Sydney University
Kirsten McMahon (Author) - Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Lucie Ramjan (Author) - Western Sydney University
Rebekah Rankin (Author) - Western Sydney University
Wadad Kathy Tannous (Author) - Western Sydney University
Ranjani Utpala (Author) - The Butterfly Foundation
Phillipa Hay (Author) - Western Sydney University
Publication details: Adolescents , Vol.4(3), pp.324-334
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.3390/adolescents4030023
ISSN: 2673-7051
Copyright note: © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Data Availability: Data available on request due to privacy/ethical restrictions.
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Psychology
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991048597302621
Output Type: Journal article

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