New program aims to smooth tough transition for teens with eating disorders

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: Youth and Young Adults (YYA): * Currently receiving paediatric eating disorder care at a participating study site. * Age 16 years or or older (approaching age-based transition to adult-care) * Expressed interest in transitioning to adult eating disorder care or other appropriate adult mental health services * Identified by the clinical team as appropriate to begin formal transition planning (e.g., sufficient transition readiness and interest in ongoing care) * Able and willing to provide informed consent/assent (as applicable at the site) and participate in study procedures Caregivers: * One caregiver (e.g., parent/legal guardian) of a participating YYA * Able and willing to provide informed consent and participate in study procedures (including questionnaires and interviews) Clinicians (intervention deliverers): * Patient facing clinician at a participating site who provides transition support for participating YYA/caregivers and is responsible for delivering intervention components (e.g., joint meeting(s), communication/coordination related to the transition). * Able and willing to provide informed consent and participate in study procedures (e.g., focus groups) Implementation Team Members: * Program leadership/managers/senior clinicians at a participating site involved in implementation of the intervention at that site. * Able and willing to provide informed consent and participate in study procedures (e.g., focus group). Exclusion Criteria: YYA: * Not receiving pediatric eating disorder care at a participating site. * Under age 16 years * Does not express interest in transitioning to adult eating disorder care or other appropriate adult mental health services. * Not identified by the clinical team as ready/appropriate to engage in formal transition planning during the study period (e.g., insufficient transition readiness or not currently at the transition-planning stage). * Unable to provide informed consent/assent or unable to participate in study procedures (e.g., due to significant cognitive/communication barriers as determined by the clinical/research team). Caregivers: * Not the caregiver of an enrolled YYA (only one caregiver per YYA is enrolled). * Unable to provide informed consent or participate in study procedures. Clinicians and Implementation Team Members: * Not affiliated with a participating site or not in an eligible role as defined above. * Peripheral providers who may be involved in care but are not enrolled as participants (e.g., family physicians or adult providers who might attend a joint meeting). * Unable to provide informed consent or participate in study procedures.