title: Collaborative Care Skills Training workshops: helping carers cope with eating disorders from the UK to Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Collaborative Care Skills Training workshops, developed by Treasure and associates aim to improve the well-being, coping strategies and problem-solving skills of carers of someone with an eating disorder. Evidence has demonstrated the effectiveness of the workshops in the UK where it was developed. The aim of this pilot study was to examine whether conducting the workshops in different contexts by facilitators trained in its delivery could lead to similar impact.
  
  
  METHODS
  The workshops were conducted with 15 carers in VIC, Australia and delivered by experienced health professionals trained in its content and delivery. A non-experimental research design with repeated measures was implemented. Quantitative data were collected at pre-and post-intervention and 8 weeks after completion of the workshops.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participation led to significant reductions in carers' reported expressed emotion, dysfunctional coping, distress, burden and accommodation and enabling of the eating disorder behaviour, which were maintained at the 8-week follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest the workshops are effective in reducing carer distress and burden as well as modifying unhelpful emotional interactional styles when caring for family members with an eating disorder. The content of the workshops and its delivery, once experienced facilitators have received training, are transferable to other contexts.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development-Occupational Therapy, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. genevieve.pepin@deakin.edu.au
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pépin
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005195:Family Relations; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062405:Motivational Interviewing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult