UCSF Eating Disorders Program

06/22/2022

An article from Inside Out featuring our director, Dr. Daniel Le Grange, linked below!

https://www.ruralhealth.org.au/partyline/article/what-about-us-struggling-access-specialist-care-eating-disorders-rural-communities

09/20/2021

See our team in the news! Check out Dr. Le Grange's recent interviews with the Child Mind Institute on Family-Based Treatment and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa, linked below!

https://childmind.org/article/family-based-treatment-for-eating-disorders/

https://childmind.org/article/what-is-atypical-anorexia-nervosa/

02/02/2021

Dr. Le Grange was recently interviewed by the
Child Mind Institute where they discuss for children with and . Read the article linked below!

Evidence shows that family-based treatment (or FBT) for eating disorders is the quickest way for an underweight child to return to a healthy weight.

12/21/2020

Dr. Le Grange and colleagues recently published a real-world non-randomized effectiveness study for adolescents with mostly restrictive DSM-5 eating disorders (not ARFID). Participants and their families could opt to receive either FBT or CBT-E. Results affirmed the effectiveness of FBT in supporting weight restoration at the end-of-treatment for those with a diagnosis of AN or AAN. However, there were no differences at end-of-treatment between these two treatments in terms of eating disorder specific psychopathology and general psychopathology. While these findings underscore that FBT remains the preferred treatment to promote weight restoration at the end-of-treatment, CBT-E seems to be a promising intervention for this patient population. A more definitive response to the relative efficacy of FBT vs CBT-E for adolescents with a restrictive eating disorder can only be answered in a large randomized controlled trial. Please see a link to the paper below! https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/enhanced-cognitivebehavior-therapy-and-familybased-treatment-for-adolescents-with-an-eating-disorder-a-nonrandomized-effectiveness-trial/E83EF5F616A380536F2B5440EBE80AA5

07/03/2019

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry is hiring two full-time faculty level positions for licensed clinical psychologists to join the Eating Disorders Program as Assistant Clinical Professors. The UCSF Eating Disorders Program is a comprehensive, evidence-based program that provides outstanding clinical care for individuals with eating disorders (up to age 25) and their families. Services offered within this program include comprehensive psychiatric and medical evaluations, evidence-based individual and family therapies, as well as ongoing medical and medication management. The incoming psychologists will join an evidence-based, highly collaborative multidisciplinary team to expand our capacity to provide primarily outpatient services to individuals and families. They would also have the opportunity to provide services in the five-day Intensive Family Treatment for Eating Disorders program and expand outpatient services in our satellite locations in the Bay Area.

For additional information about these positions, please contact Daniel Le Grange, PhD, Director of the Eating Disorders Program (Daniel.legrange@ucsf.edu),and to learn more about the UCSF Eating Disorders Program, please visit eatingdisorders.ucsf.edu.

05/31/2019

It's been a productive year for publishing at the !! See below for the list of our publications from January-June of this year.

05/31/2019

Our program coordinator Sam Kushner presented about the development of our Intensive Family Treatment for Eating Disorders program last night at a symposium. For any questions about the program, please call 415-514-1074.

08/22/2018

UCSF and Stanford have teamed up in a new study, aiming to confirm the efficacy of adaptive family based treatment for adolescent anorexia! If you have, or know, an adolescent (12-18 years old) whose family may be interested in pursuing treatment with us, please direct them to our clinical research coordinator, Claire Trainor, at 415-476-0622. Please see the attached flyer for more details about the study, eligibility criteria, and contact information!

05/11/2018