Sheffield Eating Disorders Assessment and Treatment Team (SEDATT)

Sheffield Eating Disorder Assessment Treatment Team (SEDATT) is a dedicated eating disorder service for children and young people up to the age of 16. We are a specialist service within CAMHS and work closely with our colleagues at the Sheffield Eating Disorder Service which supports people over 16.

We assess young people for a number of eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder (BED) and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).

We assess young people under the age of 16 from Sheffield, who have been referred to us with a possible diagnosis of ARFID.  Depending on the young person, their family and their needs, we might work with them directly, or refer to other services within the Trust to get the right psychological support for the young person, which might include services who work specifically with ASD.

After we have received a referral, a team member will have an initial telephone conversation with the family/carer of the young person. They may then be offered an assessment clinic appointment where they will meet with members of SEDATT which can include a paediatrician, psychiatrist, nurse specialist, family therapist, occupational therapist, systemic family practitioner and dietitian.

What happens at a SEDATT assessment

Assessment Clinic

What we do

Other parts of Sheffield Children’s we work with

Referral forms

If you are a GP or healthcare professional, please complete this referral form.

Links to external sites/further support

Transitions

At the age of 16, your care will transfer to the adult eating disorder service, run by Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, called ‘SEDS’ (Sheffield Eating Disorder Service).  Before your 16^th birthday, we will talk to you about this and help you to prepare.  We will also attend meetings to arrange for your care to be transferred, called a ‘Transition Meeting’.  This is where you will get to meet those who will be involved in your care and where appointments will take place.

Treatments

At SEDATT we use our detailed assessment with the young person and their family to devise a management plan which may include:

• psychoeducation
• family-based intervention
• meal planning support
• cognitive behaviour therapy
• occupational therapy
• guided self-help cognitive behaviour therapy
• multi-family therapy
• psychiatric assessment
• medication review
• body image work
• home treatment
• support to paediatric wards
• dietetic support
• physical monitoring

Feedback from patients and families

“They were just talking to me straightforward, not like skirting around the facts, that’s good” – young person

“It was important for us to hear the seriousness of it but it was also important for [young person] to hear just how seriously she was affected by the starving, the pressures it was putting on the body” – parent

“They were looking at it from all angles. It’s better than just one person looking at that situation anyway… the whole of them are making the judgement together and I think for the initial meeting, that was really good” – young person