Feasibility and Acceptability of Metacognitive Training for Eating Disorders (MCT-ED) in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Metacognitive Training for Eating Disorders (MCT-ED) in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 13
Maximum Age: 19
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Adolescents aged 13 to 19 years;
• Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa or Atypical Anorexia Nervosa; confirmed by the treating child and adolescent psychiatrist according to DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 criteria;
• Currently followed in an Eating Disorder Outpatient Consultation;
• Fluent in Portuguese.
Locations
Other Locations
Portugal
Hospital Beatriz Ângelo - Unidade Local de Saúde Loures-Odivelas, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Loures, Portugal
RECRUITING
Loures
Contact Information
Primary
Andreia Espírito Santo, PhD Student
acj.santo@ensp.unl.pt
00351219 847 200
Backup
Lara Pinho, PhD
l.pinho@ess.ipvc.pt
Time Frame
Start Date: 2026-03-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-06
Participants
Target number of participants: 14
Treatments
Experimental: Metacognitive Training for Eating Disorders + Treatment as usual (TAU)
Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa ou Atypical Anorexia Nervosa. The adolescent continues to receive any ongoing standard care (treatment as usual, TAU)
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Évora
Collaborators: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Comprehensive Health Research Center