title: Using Technology to Improve Treatment Outcomes for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders.
abstract: Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments are among the biggest challenges facing clinical psychiatry. Developing scalable evidence-based treatments is a major priority and fraught with challenges. This article describes the development of 3 technology-based innovations. It discusses the use of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and mobile applications. Three projects are presented: (1) the modification of a MOOC methodology for psychotherapy training clinicians in manualized family-based therapy (FBT) for adolescents with anorexia nervosa; (2) a modified MOOC platform for the delivery of FBT; and (3) the development of mobile applications for treatment augmentation and delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: adarcy@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Alison M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Darcy
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lock
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D063731:Mobile Applications; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education*
keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Massive open online courses; Mobile applications; Technology