Testing the Utility of a Competence Scale for CBT-ED Therapists

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · Jun 21, 2021

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Cognitive-behavioural therapy for eating disorders (CBT-ED) is currently one of the NICE (2017) recommended treatments for anorexia nervosa and the only treatment recommended for bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and other specified feeing and eating disorders. When clinicians adhere to evidence-based CBT-ED treatment manuals, CBT-ED has shown demonstrable levels of effectiveness in a range of eating disorders, comparable to outcomes in controlled research settings. A key component of CBT-ED found so effective in the treatment of eating disorders is a stronger focus on behavioural chan...

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Eligibility criteria

• Therapist Inclusion Criteria:
• • Qualified clinicians with a core National Health Service (NHS) profession currently undergoing post-graduate diploma training in CBT-ED at either the University of Sheffield or University College London (UCL), or;
• • Qualified clinicians not on the CBT-ED training course but delivering CBT-ED
• • Treating adult (18+ years) eating disorder patients
• • Have a good understanding of written and verbal English
• Patient Inclusion Criteria:
• • Primary diagnosis of an eating disorder
• • Accessing CBT-ED
• • Aged 18+ years
• • Have a good understanding of written and verbal English
• • Have the capacity to provide written informed consent
• Rater Inclusion Criteria:
• • Specialists in the field of CBT-ED, or;
• • Qualified clinicians who do not ordinarily work with eating disorder patients, or;
• • CBT-ED trainees at Sheffield University or UCL, or;
• • CBT-ED training course supervisors at Sheffield University or UCL
• • Have a good understanding of written and verbal English
• Therapist Exclusion Criteria:
• • Non-qualified clinicians
• • Non CBT-ED clinicians
• • Clinicians only treating children or young people with eating disorders (aged 17 years or younger)
• • Have little understanding of written and verbal English
• Patient Exclusion Criteria:
• • Non-eating disorder patients
• • Eating disorder patients who are accessing treatment other than CBT
• • Aged 17 years or younger
• • Have little understanding of written and verbal English
• • Lack the capacity to understand the project and provide written informed consent
• Rater Exclusion Criteria:
• • - Little understanding of written and verbal English