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Advances in Increasing Access to Care for the Treatment of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders: Primary Care and Beyond

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Eating disorders in young patients are serious conditions with lifelong consequences. Though effective treatments exist for child and adolescent eating disorders, so do prominent disparities in access to these treatments. In our paper, Adapting Behavioral Treatments for Primary Care Using a Theory-Based Framework: The Case of Adolescent Eating Disorders,1 our multidisciplinary team described using an evidence-based implementation framework to modify Family-Based Treatment (FBT), the first-line outpatient eating disorder treatment for adolescents, for delivery in primary care (See Table 1).

Source: Academic Pediatrics

DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2026.103383