ABSTRACT
The eating disorders unit (EDU) adult service at the Maudsley has different departments: outpatient, day care step-up and inpatient treatment programmes. The Psychology team is formed of a consultant, clinical and counselling psychologists and a psychology assistant of different grades according to training and years of experience working in the field. They offer psychological treatment including Cognitive Remediation and Emotion Skills Training (CRT and CREST), Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Some of the therapists in the department are trained in Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT), Schema Therapy, and some of them in Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT). A large multidisciplinary team with many skills, offer occupational therapy based groups, and a family therapist jointly with a social worker delivers the carers workshops developed by Professor Janet Treasure, consultant psychiatrist and clinical director of the eating disorder service. The Maudsley adult team is research active and has an evidence-generated approach.
