Fiona Duffy
Lecturer

Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 5445
- Email: fiona.duffy@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 2.8, Doorway 6, Medical Quad, Teviot Place,
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Availability
Works Mondays, Thursdays and every second Friday
Background
I joined the department in 2014 and am a lecturer in Clinical Psychology. I am the Programme Director of the Msc in Applied Psychology for Children and Young People, the training programme for child Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology (CAAPs). I am also an IPT-UK acredited trainer and coordinate and teach on the Interpersonal Psychotherapy courses within the department associated with the MSc in Psychological Therapies, and for third year trainees on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, along with the Eating Disorders APS. I am the Chair of the Scottish Eating Disorder Interest Group (SEDIG) and a member of the Eating Behaviours and Disorders Research Group and the Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology at Edinburgh University
Postgraduate teaching
Msc in Applied Psychology for Children and Young People
Research summary
I am interested in the development and treatment of eating disorders, with a particular focus on children and adolescents and the role of parents and carers. I have a specific interest in interpersonal risk and maintaining factors in mental health difficulties in children and young people and a clinical and research interest in interpersonally orientated interventions including Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Family Based Treatment (FBT) and mentalization (inclusive of MBT-A and AMBIT). Similarly I have an interest in the use of expert carer and peer support in the field of eating disorders and I have held a number of grants related to body image (YOYP National Lottery Fund, IIG) and adolescent eating disorders (Burdett Trust, TEC grant) and led the pragmatic evaluation of interventions associated with these grants.
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Changes in peer and sibling victimization in early adolescence: longitudinal associations with multiple indices of mental health in a prospective birth cohort study
In:
European child & adolescent psychiatry
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Exploring changes in body image, eating and exercise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A UK survey
In:
Appetite, vol. 159, pp. 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.105062
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Mixed methods pilot evaluation of interpersonal psychotherapy for body image for adolescents
In:
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104520963371
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A qualitative exploration of the impact of COVID-19 on individuals with eating disorders in the UK
In:
Appetite, vol. 156
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104977
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy for adolescents with depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis
In:
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12342
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Efficacy of mentalization-based group therapy for adolescents: The results of a randomized controlled trial
In:
BMC Psychiatry, vol. 19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2158-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Entering a digital world: The use of new technology to supplement psychological therapies
In:
DCP Scotland Newsletter, pp. 21-26
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The effectiveness of psychological interventions with adoptive parents on adopted children and adolescents’ outcomes: A systematic review
In:
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, pp. 1-26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104518786339
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Efficacy of Mentalization-Based Group Therapy for adolescents: A pilot randomised controlled trail
In:
Social Science Protocols, vol. 1, pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7565/ssp.2018.2647
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Innovations in practice: Evaluating clinical outcome and service utilisation in an AMBIT-trained Tier 4 child and adolescent mental health service
In:
Child and Adolescent Mental Health, vol. 22, pp. 170-174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12181
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)