# Implementing Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa for Providers in Private Practice: A Feasibility Study

> **NIH NIH R34** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $239,071

## Abstract

This application responds to RFA-MH-18-706 Pilot Effectiveness Trials for Treatment, Preventive, and
Services Interventions. There is a critical need to disseminate efficacious psychosocial treatments for mental
disorders as there is a significant gap between evidenced-based approaches and common clinical practice. One
example of the need to improve dissemination and implementation of psychosocial treatments is for adolescent
Anorexia Nervosa (AN), a serious mental disorder with an incidence rate of about 1%.that can become life-
threatening. Based on outcomes from a series of randomized clinical trials (RCTs), the first line treatment for
adolescent AN is Family-based Treatment (FBT; however, most therapists are not trained to use it. Further,
while approximately 45-50% of US mental health outpatient providers are in private practice, little attention has
been paid to how best to train this group. We propose to use an online training strategy to study adoption of FBT
to better understand factors that limit or enhance uptake and implementation of this treatment in private practice.
We propose to build on these findings using a pre-post design to examine the feasibility of new methods to retain
therapists, assess training mechanisms, and collect patient outcomes from clinicians in private practice. The
primary significance of this study is its potential to increase the availability FBT--the most effective treatment for
adolescent AN. A major innovation of the study is assessing the feasibility of training clinicians in private practice
in FBT who provide significant treatment for adolescent AN. These data would provide support for a go/no-go
decision about a large scale study to train therapists in private practice using online ET-FBT.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10221504
- **Project number:** 5R34MH123596-02
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** DANIEL LE GRANGE
- **Activity code:** R34 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $239,071
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-08-01 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10221504

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10221504, Implementing Family-Based Treatment for Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa for Providers in Private Practice: A Feasibility Study (5R34MH123596-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10221504. Licensed CC0.

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