Developing TEDYi with young people
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Co-producing an inclusive-care model for young people transitioning from adolescent eating disorder services to adult care: Transition for Eating Disorder Youth intervention (TEDYi)
IRAS ID
322920
Contact name
Maria Livanou
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/a, N/a
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
In the UK when a young person receives treatment from Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and turns 18 years, their care has to be transferred to adult mental health services. This process is known as ‘transition’. However, studies show that young people with eating disorders are more likely to experience poor transitions due to poor preparation to adult services. Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are the most common conditions of eating disorders in young people with several alarming symptoms ranging from starvation and purging to excessive exercising. There is lack of evidence about transitional models that have the potential to support young people and carers throughout this process and improve their quality of life. We aim to develop a series of empowering workshops to create Transitions for eating disorder youth intervention (TEDYi)to better prepare young people and their families moving from adolescent eating disorder outpatient and inpatient services to adult services.These workshops will explore building hope, managing emotional responses to change, and encouraging service engagement. Young people and carers with lived experience of eating disorders as well as mental health professionals will work together to design TEDYi.We will first conduct interviews with 15 young people,15 carers,and 15 mental health professionals from adolescent and adult inpatient and outpatient services (TIER 3 and 4) and to explore their views with using child and adolescent and adult services. This will help us identify barriers and facilitators based on personal experience. We will include young people who are due to transition and/or have moved to adult services and the community. During the second phase, we will run four workshops with three young people, three carers and three mental health professionals and we will work in groups to decide which topics are important to include in the proposed intervention. The study will last 12 months.REC name
London - Westminster Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/PR/0626
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jul 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion