Feasibility and Acceptability of Metacognitive Training for Eating Disorders in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

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Conditions studied: Anorexia Nervosa, Atypical Anorexia Nervosa

In brief

This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of Metacognitive Training for Eating Disorders (MCT-ED) in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07435818

Run by

University of Évora

People needed

14

Starts

2026-03-02

Expected to finish

2027-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-13

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adolescents aged 13 to 19 years;
• Diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa or Atypical Anorexia Nervosa; confirmed by the treating child and adolescent psychiatrist according to DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 criteria;
• Currently followed in an Eating Disorder Outpatient Consultation;
• Fluent in Portuguese.

You may not qualify if…

• Acute suicidal ideation or behaviour requiring immediate clinical intervention;
• Imminent risk of hospitalization due to clinical deterioration;
• Current diagnosis of psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or substance dependence;
• Any clinical condition that, in the judgment of the treating clinician, would make participation in a videoconference-based intervention inappropriate.

Where it is running

• Hospital Beatriz Ângelo - Unidade Local de Saúde Loures-Odivelas, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Loures, Portugal — Loures, Portugal (enrolling)

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