Using Technology to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders

Alison M Darcy; James Lock

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2016.07.010

Using Technology to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2017 Jan;26(1):33-42. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2016.07.010. Epub 2016 Oct 15.

Authors

Alison M Darcy¹, James Lock²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: adarcy@stanford.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

PMID: 27837940
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2016.07.010

Abstract

Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments are among the biggest challenges facing clinical psychiatry. Developing scalable evidence-based treatments is a major priority and fraught with challenges. This article describes the development of 3 technology-based innovations. It discusses the use of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and mobile applications. Three projects are presented: (1) the modification of a MOOC methodology for psychotherapy training clinicians in manualized family-based therapy (FBT) for adolescents with anorexia nervosa; (2) a modified MOOC platform for the delivery of FBT; and (3) the development of mobile applications for treatment augmentation and delivery.

Keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Massive open online courses; Mobile applications; Technology.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Education, Distance / methods*
Feeding and Eating Disorders / therapy*
Humans
Medical Informatics Applications*
Mobile Applications*
Psychotherapy / education*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding