- Overview
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The Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for Children & Adolescents, based at BC Children's Hospital, employs evidence-based therapies in the treatment of youth with eating disorders. As Research Lead for this program, I am examining the treatment outcomes of youth who attend treatment in the Eating Disorders Program. We believe that families are key resources for youth with eating disorders, and that it is important for parents/caregivers to be involved in the treatment process. Because families play such an important role in treatment of youth, I am also evaluating changes in well-being of parents/caregivers over the course of their child's treatment in the program. Other research interests include thought processes that are involved in the development and maintenance of eating disorders, and the overlap between eating disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Publications
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Mandating weekly weight gain in a day treatment program for eating disorders
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Thaler, L. and Wilson, S. and Coelho, J.S. and Mazanek Antunes, J. and Israel, M. and Steiger, H.
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22246
2014Over-evaluation of thoughts about food: Differences across eating-disorder subtypes and a preliminary examination of treatment effects
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Coelho, J.S. and Wilson, S. and Winslade, A. and Thaler, L. and Israel, M. and Steiger, H.
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22207
2014Cognitive distortions and eating pathology: Specificity of thought-shape fusion
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Coelho, J.S. and Baeyens, C. and Purdon, C. and Pitet, A. and Bouvard, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.04.003
2012Specificity of the failure to inhibit responses in overweight children
Appetite
Nederkoorn, C. and Coelho, J.S. and Guerrieri, R. and Houben, K. and Jansen, A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.05.028
2012Self-efficacy and accommodation behaviors in caregivers of youths with eating disorders.
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
Lara K. Radovic and Janet Suen and Sheila K. Marshall and Pei-Yoong Lam and Josie Geller and Jennifer S. Coelho
DOI: 10.1037/cpp0000538
08/2024Exploring Family Care Journeys to Inform Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorders
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2024.01.002
2024Clinical care for severe and persistent eating disorders in pediatric populations: Perspectives of health professionals
Journal of Eating Disorders
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-024-01044-6
2024Estimating additional health and social costs in eating disorder care for young people during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for surveillance and system transformation
Journal of Eating Disorders
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-024-01003-1
2024The financial and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth with eating disorders, their families, clinicians and the mental health system: a mixed methods cost analysis
Journal of Eating Disorders
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-024-00986-1
2024A study protocol for implementing Canadian Practice Guidelines for Treating Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders
Implementation Science Communications
DOI: 10.1186/s43058-023-00538-9
2024Psychometric properties of the Parent Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
International Journal of Eating Disorders
DOI: 10.1002/eat.23999
2023The economic impact of eating disorders in children and youth in Canada: a call to action to improve youth eating disorder research and care
Journal of Eating Disorders
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-023-00794-z
2023Pediatric Avoidant-Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and gastrointestinal-related Somatic Symptom Disorders: Overlap in clinical presentation
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Boerner, K.E. and Coelho, J.S. and Syal, F. and Bajaj, D. and Finner, N. and Dhariwal, A.K.
DOI: 10.1177/13591045211048170
2022Prevalence of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) in children and adolescents with eating disorders
Journal of Eating Disorders
Aman, M. and Coelho, J.S. and Lin, B. and Lu, C. and Westwell-Roper, C. and Best, J.R. and Stewart, S.E.
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-022-00707-6
2022Treatment experiences of male and female youths with eating disorders
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
Coelho, J.S. and Suen, J. and Marshall, S. and Zaid-Alkailani, H. and Geller, J. and Lam, P.-Y.
DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12384
2022Correction to: Parental experiences with their child’s eating disorder treatment journey (Journal of Eating Disorders, (2021), 9, 1, (92), 10.1186/s40337-021-00449-x)
Journal of Eating Disorders
Coelho, J.S. and Suen, J. and Marshall, S. and Burns, A. and Lam, P.-Y. and Geller, J.
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-022-00625-7
2022Parental experiences with their child’s eating disorder treatment journey
Journal of Eating Disorders
Jennifer S. Coelho and Janet Suen and Sheila Marshall and Alex Burns and Pei-Yoong Lam and Josie Geller
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-021-00449-x
12/2021Gender differences in symptom presentation and treatment outcome in children and youths with eating disorders
Journal of Eating Disorders
Jennifer S. Coelho and Janet Suen and Sheila Marshall and Alex Burns and Josie Geller and Pei-Yoong Lam
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-021-00468-8
09/2021Parental Experiences with their Child’s Treatment Journey: The Road to Tertiary Level Pediatric Eating Disorder Treatment
Jennifer S. Coelho and Janet Suen and Sheila Marshall and Alex Burns and Pei-Yoong Lam and Josie Geller
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-435694/v1
05/2021Health professionals' familiarity and experience with providing clinical care for pediatric avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Jennifer S. Coelho and Mark L. Norris and Stephen C. E. Tsai and Yuwei J. Wu and Pei-Yoong Lam
DOI: 10.1002/eat.23438
04/2021Trends in the Incidence of New-Onset Anorexia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa Among Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
JAMA Network Open
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37395
2021The COVID-19 pandemic and eating disorders in children, adolescents, and emerging adults: virtual care recommendations from the Canadian consensus panel during COVID-19 and beyond
Journal of Eating Disorders
Couturier, J. and Pellegrini, D. and Miller, C. and Bhatnagar, N. and Boachie, A. and Bourret, K. and Brouwers, M. and Coelho, J.S. and Dimitropoulos, G. and Findlay, S. and Ford, C. and Geller, J. and Grewal, S. and Gusella, J. and Isserlin, L. and Jericho, M. and Johnson, N. and Katzman, D.K. and Kimber, M. and Lafrance, A. and Leclerc, A. and Loewen, R. and Loewen, T. and McVey, G. and Norris, M. and Pilon, D. and Preskow, W. and Spettigue, W. and Steinegger, C. and Waite, E. and Webb, C.
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-021-00394-9
2021Perceived Occupational Performance in Youth with Eating Disorders: Treatment-Related Changes
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Jennifer S. Coelho and Avarna Fernandes and Janet Suen and Adi Keidar and Jadine Cairns
DOI: 10.1177/0008417420953229
12/2020A longitudinal examination of body-checking behaviors and eating disorder pathology in a community sample of adolescent males and females
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Shannon L. Zaitsoff and Rachelle Pullmer and Jennifer S. Coelho
DOI: 10.1002/eat.23364
11/2020Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders
Journal of Eating Disorders
Couturier, J. and Isserlin, L. and Norris, M. and Spettigue, W. and Brouwers, M. and Kimber, M. and McVey, G. and Webb, C. and Findlay, S. and Bhatnagar, N. and Snelgrove, N. and Ritsma, A. and Preskow, W. and Miller, C. and Coelho, J. and Boachie, A. and Steinegger, C. and Loewen, R. and Loewen, T. and Waite, E. and Ford, C. and Bourret, K. and Gusella, J. and Geller, J. and Lafrance, A. and Leclerc, A. and Scarborough, J. and Grewal, S. and Jericho, M. and Dimitropoulos, G. and Pilon, D.
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-020-0277-8
2020Residential treatment for eating disorders in a Canadian treatment centre: Clinical characteristics and treatment experiences of residents
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science
Williams, K.D. and O'Reilly, C. and Coelho, J.S.
DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000143
2020Cognitive and behavioral correlates of depressive symptoms in a community sample of adolescents
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Pullmer, R. and Zaitsoff, S.L. and Coelho, J.S.
DOI: 10.1177/1359104519844803
2020Kindness begins with yourself: The role of self-compassion in adolescent body satisfaction and eating pathology
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Pullmer, R. and Coelho, J.S. and Zaitsoff, S.L.
DOI: 10.1002/eat.23081
2019Eating Disorder Diagnoses and Symptom Presentation in Transgender Youth: a Scoping Review
Current Psychiatry Reports
Coelho, J.S. and Suen, J. and Clark, B.A. and Marshall, S.K. and Geller, J. and Lam, P.-Y.
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-019-1097-x
2019Self-Compassion and Eating Pathology in Female Adolescents with Eating Disorders: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress
Mindfulness
Pullmer, R. and Zaitsoff, S.L. and Coelho, J.S.
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-019-01254-z
2019Effectiveness of family-based treatment for pediatric eating disorders in a tertiary care setting
Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology
Coelho, J.S. and Beach, B. and O'Brien, K. and Lam, P.-Y. and Marshall, S.
DOI: 10.1037/cpp0000273
2019Body checking in pediatric eating and obsessive-compulsive disorders
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Coelho, J.S. and Zaitsoff, S.L. and Pullmer, R. and Yamin, D.F. and Anderson, S. and Fernandes, A. and Stewart, S.E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2019.100475
2019Eating disorders in biological males: Clinical presentation and consideration of sex differences in a pediatric sample
Journal of Eating Disorders
Coelho, J.S. and Lee, T. and Karnabi, P. and Burns, A. and Marshall, S. and Geller, J. and Lam, P.-Y.
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-018-0226-y
2018The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders: Current practices in assigning patients to level of care
Journal of Eating Disorders
Geller, J. and Isserlin, L. and Seale, E. and Iyar, M.M. and Coelho, J.S. and Srikameswaran, S. and Norris, M.
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-018-0230-2
2018Relevance of the Thought–Shape Fusion Trait Questionnaire for healthy women and women presenting symptoms of eating disorders and mixed mental disorders
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Wyssen, A. and Debbeler, L. and Meyer, A.H. and Coelho, J.S. and Humbel, N. and Schuck, K. and Lennertz, J. and Messerli-Bürgy, N. and Trier, S.N. and Isenschmid, B. and Milos, G. and Flury, H. and Schneider, S. and Munsch, S.
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2186
2018Cognitive distortions associated with imagination of the thin ideal: Validation of the Thought-Shape fusion body questionnaire (TSF-B)
Frontiers in Psychology
Wyssen, A. and Debbeler, L.J. and Meyer, A.H. and Coelho, J.S. and Humbel, N. and Schuck, K. and Lennertz, J. and Messerli-Bürgy, N. and Biedert, E. and Trier, S.N. and Isenschmid, B. and Milos, G. and Whinyates, K. and Schneider, S. and Munsch, S.
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02194
2017Translating research into clinical practice across the developmental spectrum: Examining the clinical utility of the short treatment allocation tool for eating disorders
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Geller, J. and Coelho, J.S. and Srikameswaran, S. and Lam, P.-Y. and Iyar, M. and Norris, M.L.
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22654
20175. Eating disorders in adolescent males: clinical realities and current challenges
Handbook of nutrition and diet in therapy of bone diseases
M.E. Harrison and J. Coelho and M.L. Norris
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-823-0_5
03/2016Thought-shape fusion in young healthy females appears after vivid imagination of thin ideals
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Wyssen, A. and Coelho, J.S. and Wilhelm, P. and Zimmermann, G. and Munsch, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2016.03.010
2016Pinch, cinch or step: Evaluating the effectiveness and acceptability of mid upper arm circumference measurements in adolescents with eating disorders
Eating Behaviors
Lam, P.-Y. and Marshall, S.K. and Devi Harjit, G. and Coelho, J.S. and Cairns, J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.03.023
2016BRIEF REPORT / Rapport sommaire anonyme attitudes toward anthropometric measurements in youth: The role of eating pathology
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science
Coelho, J.S. and Pullmer, R. and Robertson, M. and Marshall, S. and Lam, P.-Y.
DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000047
2016Psychiatric Comorbidity in Diagnosis
The Wiley Handbook of Eating Disorders
DOI: 10.1002/9781118574089.ch15
07/2015A Feeling You Can’t Let Go: Temporal Stability and Vulnerability to Thought–Shape Fusion in Eating Disorders
Cognitive Therapy and Research
Ouellet-Courtois, C. and Coelho, J.S. and Radomsky, A.S. and Israël, M. and Steiger, H.
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-015-9691-7
2015Male Youth With Eating Disorders: Clinical and Medical Characteristics of a Sample of Inpatients
Eating Disorders
Coelho, J.S. and Kumar, A. and Kilvert, M. and Kunkel, L. and Lam, P.-Y.
DOI: 10.1080/10640266.2015.1027119
2015Food for Thought: Ego-dystonicity and fear of self in eating disorders
European Eating Disorders Review
Purcell Lalonde, M. and O'Connor, K. and Aardema, F. and Coelho, J.S.
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2349
2015Susceptibility to cognitive distortions: The role of eating pathology
Journal of Eating Disorders
Coelho, J.S. and Ouellet-Courtois, C. and Purdon, C. and Steiger, H.
DOI: 10.1186/s40337-015-0068-9
2015Acute versus repeated chocolate exposure: Effects on intake and cravings in restrained and unrestrained eaters
Journal of Health Psychology
Coelho, J.S. and Nederkoorn, C. and Jansen, A.
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312473787
2014Reactivity to thought-shape fusion in adolescents: The effects of obesity status
Pediatric Obesity
Coelho, J.S. and Siggen, M.-J. and Dietre, P. and Bouvard, M.
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00121.x
2013Assessment of thought-shape fusion: Initial validation of a short version of the trait thought-shape fusion scale
International Journal of Eating Disorders
Coelho, J.S. and Baeyens, C. and Purdon, C. and Shafran, R. and Roulin, J.-L. and Bouvard, M.
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22038
2013The role of cognitive factors in the development and maintenance of eating disorders - The concept of thought shape fusion:
Verhaltenstherapie
Coelho, J.S.
DOI: 10.1159/000312565
2012Cognitive distortions in normal-weight and overweight women: Susceptibility to Thought-Shape Fusion
Cognitive Therapy and Research
Coelho, J.S. and Jansen, A. and Bouvard, M.
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-011-9372-0
2012Pre-exposure to high- versus low-caloric foods: Effects on children's subsequent fruit intake
Eating Behaviors
Coelho, J.S. and van den Akker, K. and Nederkoorn, C. and Jansen, A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.11.004
2012Effects of exercising before versus after eating on dieting and exercise evaluations: A preliminary investigation
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science
Coelho, J. and Roefs, A. and Havermans, R. and Salvy, S.-J. and Jansen, A.
DOI: 10.1037/a0021736
2011Sweet temptation: Effects of exposure to chocolate-scented lotion on food intake
Food Quality and Preference
Coelho, J.S. and Idler, A. and Werle, C.O.C. and Jansen, A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.06.008
2011Inaccessible food cues affect stress and weight gain in calorically-restricted and ad lib fed rats
Appetite
Coelho, J.S. and Polivy, J. and Fleming, A. and Hargreaves, D. and Herman, C.P. and Lao, G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.12.003
2010The role of food-cue exposure and negative affect in the experience of thought-shape fusion
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
Coelho, J.S. and Roefs, A. and Jansen, A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.04.004
2010Wake up and smell the cookies. Effects of olfactory food-cue exposure in restrained and unrestrained eaters
Appetite
Coelho, J.S. and Polivy, J. and Peter Herman, C. and Pliner, P.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.10.008
2009Eating behavior in response to food-cue exposure: Examining the cue-reactivity and counteractive-control models.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
Jennifer S. Coelho and Anita Jansen and Anne Roefs and Chantal Nederkoorn
DOI: 10.1037/a0013610
2009Effects of food-cue exposure on dieting-related goals: A limitation to counteractive-control theory
Appetite
Coelho, J.S. and Polivy, J. and Herman, C.P. and Pliner, P.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.04.001
2008Caloric restriction in the presence of attractive food cues: External cues, eating, and weight
Physiology and Behavior
Polivy, J. and Herman, C.P. and Coelho, J.S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.04.010
2008The role of familiarity on modeling of eating and food consumption in children
Appetite
Salvy, S.-J. and Vartanian, L.R. and Coelho, J.S. and Jarrin, D. and Pliner, P.P.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.10.009
2008"Just looking at food makes me gain weight": Experimental induction of thought-shape fusion in eating-disordered and non-eating-disordered women
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Coelho, J.S. and Carter, J.C. and McFarlane, T. and Polivy, J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.11.004
2008Effects of social contexts on overweight and normal-weight children's food intake
Physiology and Behavior
Salvy, S.-J. and Coelho, J.S. and Kieffer, E. and Epstein, L.H.
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.06.014
2007Eating Disorders and Drug and Alcohol Problems
Clinical handbook of co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems
2007Chronic Dieting and Eating Behaviour
Comparative Program on Health and Society Lupina Foundation Wor king Paper Series
2006Eating Disorders
Abnormal Psychology: Perspectives (3rd Edition)
2006Anorexia Nervosa
Encyclopedia of Human Development
2006Selective carbohydrate or protein restriction: Effects on subsequent food intake and cravings
Appetite
Coelho, J.S. and Polivy, J. and Herman, C.P.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.05.015
2006 - Research
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Effectiveness of a Day Treatment Program for Pediatric Eating Disorders
The Day Treatment Program at BC Children’s Hospital offers highly-structured, group-based treatment for children and adolescents requiring tertiary care for an eating disorder. It addresses the needs of youth requiring intensive care by providing a more structured environment than that offered in the out-patient clinic, while integrating principles of family-based therapy and providing youth and families with the opportunity to apply skills in the community. We are evaluating changes in eating disorder symptoms, psychological functioning, and well-being of youth with eating disorders who attend the Day Treatment Program at BC Children's Hospital. We are also assessing changes in family functioning over the course of treatment in the Day Treatment Program.Clinical Features and Treatment Outcome in Male Youth with Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are stereotypically known as a “female” disease. However, a significant minority of individuals seeking treatment for eating disorders is male, and gender distribution in early-onset eating disorders appears to be more even across males and females. Yet, the majority of research focuses on female populations, and the literature on eating disorders in male youth is particularly limited. This project was designed to address the need for additional research on male youth with eating disorders, and to elucidate knowledge about the clinical and medical characteristics of this group in relation to female youth. As part of this project, we will (1) identify the clinical characteristics of a large sample of male youth who have received treatment over the past decade; and (2) compare changes in eating pathology, well-being, and physical status over the course of intensive eating disorder treatment in male youth with a matched female comparison group.
Project support from the Swiss Anorexia Nervosa Foundation.Grants2012-2015 -Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant. Project Title
The role of embodied cognition. Co-investigators
Clinical Features and Treatment Outcome. Co-investigators
Christine Purdon & Howard Steiger
2015-2018 -Swiss Anorexia Nervosa Foundation Research Grant. Project Title
Male Youth with Eating Disorders
Pei-Yoong Lam, Sheila Marshall, Josie Geller
Vulnerability to bizarre beliefs
Research Group MembersMeaghan Carruthers, Research Assistant
Charley Ipsen-Peitzmeier, Postdoctoral fellow
Julia Kaufmann, Research and Knowledge Translation Coordinator
Tanya Pardiwala, Research Coordinator
Audrey Tung, BC Eating Disorders Cluster Coordinator
Research supports youth with eating disorders on their road to recovery: Q&A with Dr. Jennifer Coelho
At BC Children’s Hospital, psychologist and investigator Dr. Jennifer Coelho studies the experiences of young people with eating disorders to improve diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Coelho talks about the importance of eating disorders research and how patient participation is key to improving care for these common and serious conditions.
