Fiona Duffy
Senior 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 Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology. I am 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 a member of the Eating Behaviours and Disorders Research Group and the Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology at Edinburgh University
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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A call for autism-led research exploring definitions of recovery in autistic individuals with an eating disorder
(6 pages)
In:
International Journal of Eating Disorders, pp. 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23953
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Sensory processing and eating behaviours in autism: A systematic review
(22 pages)
In:
European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 30, pp. 538-559
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2920
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
An 8-month longitudinal exploration of body image and disordered eating in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic
(5 pages)
In:
Eating Behaviors, vol. 46
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101660
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Correction to: Efficacy of Mentalization-based group therapy for adolescents: the results of a pilot randomised controlled trial (BMC Psychiatry, (2019), 19, 1, (167), 10.1186/s12888-019-2158-8)
In:
BMC Psychiatry, vol. 21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03102-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Thematic analysis of mechanisms underpinning email peer support for young people with eating disorders
In:
Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-08-2020-0056
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 (Published) -
Changes in peer and sibling victimization in early adolescence: Longitudinal associations with multiple indices of mental health in a prospective birth cohort study
(10 pages)
In:
European child & adolescent psychiatry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01708-z
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 (Published) -
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 (Published) -
Efficacy of Mentalization-based group therapy for adolescents: The results of a pilot randomised controlled trial
(13 pages)
In:
BMC Psychiatry, vol. 19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2158-8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)