Autistic young people with eating disorders experience higher admission rates, longer inpatient stays, and poorer experience of standard treatments relative to non-autistic peers.
Despite increasing recognition of the benefits of intensified community options, there remains a critical lack of evidence guiding how these treatments can be optimally augmented to support care for autistic young people and reduce their reliance on inpatient care.
This project aims to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary clinical outcomes of intensive community care for autistic young people with eating disorders.
Researchers at Kings College London, clinicians at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and lived experience experts are working together on this research project.
The project is funded by the Centre of Translational Medicine.
Attendance and engagement in an online lived experience panel once every two months for the duration of the research (2 years). Meetings will be for 60-90 minutes.
These meetings will involve reviewing resources, discussing the research process and feeding back on research questions, plans and dilemmas.
There will also be time allocated to reviewing resources outside of meetings and reviewing meeting minutes post meetings.
Involvement in PPIE activities will be reimbursed.
If you are interested in hearing more, please email cliona.brennan@slam.nhs.uk