eating disorder Archives - Resource Library - Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

This resource is about family based treatment with the Sheffield eating disorder assessment and treatment team (SEDATT). What is family based therapy? Family based treatment is (also known as the Maudsley approach) well evidenced as a treatment for anorexia. It is an intensive outpatient approach...

This resource is about occupational therapy with the Sheffield eating disorder assessment and treatment team (SEDATT). What is occupational therapy? When someone struggles with an eating disorder, their previous healthy interests fade. This leads the eating disorder and related behaviours to be the...

This resource is about cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with the Sheffield eating disorder assessment and treatment team (SEDATT). What is CBT? CBT is a talking therapy that can help yo identify how your thinking affects how you feel and how you behave. It is an evidenced based therapy for eating...

What is early intervention? Early intervention is key for treating disordered eating or eating disorders. You do not need a diagnosis of an eating disorder to get help. In fact, getting help early often prevents an eating disorder really taking hold. It is based on a model of 6 to 10 sessions and...

What is meal support? Meal support means helping your child or young person emotionally during and around mealtimes. The specific aim of this support is to help your child or young person eat the food on their meal plan, whilst helping to redirect any thoughts or behaviours that might impact eating...

FEAST the importance of nutrition for understanding and treating eating disorders

Evelina London Children’s Hospital Complex Feeding Team ARFID resource pack

Evelina London Children’s Hospital Complex Feeding Team ARFID information

Eva Musby eating disorder treatment helpsheets about the set-up for success, refeeding tips, extinguishing fears with exposure, and steps to independence.

What are SEDATT ward rounds? SEDATT stands for ‘Sheffield eating disorders assessment and treatment team’. A ‘ward round’ is the name we give a meeting where we all come together as a team of: psychiatrist (a mental health doctor) consultant paediatrician (a medical doctor)...

What is family therapy? Families can be really complicated because everyone is an individual with different ideas, thoughts, worries and strengths. Lots of things can make a family’s life more stressful and these changes can benefit from extra support. Family therapy helps families to listen to...

What is multi-family therapy Multi-family therapy is a treatment approach for anorexia developed by the Maudsley Hospital. Multi-family therapy is an intensive course for families who are already receiving single-family therapy. Multi-family therapy aims to help families rediscover their own...

What is cognitive behavioural therapy? Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) means: cognitive – how you think behavioural – your actions therapy And in CBT-E, the ‘E’ stands for ‘enhanced’. CBT-E is a talking therapy specifically for eating disorders that can help...

What is family therapy for anorexia? Family therapy for anorexia is an evidence-based intervention for patients with an anorexia nervosa diagnosis. It is an intensive outpatient therapeutic approach where parents play an active and supportive role to help restore your child or young person’s...