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CPG for Eating Disorders

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7. Diagnosis of <strong>Eating</strong> <strong>Disorders</strong> (Questions 7.1.-7.3.) 7.1. It is recommended to follow the WHO’s (ICD-10) and the APA’s (DSM-IV o DSM-IV-TR) diagnostic criteria.D 7.2.1. Health care professionals should acknowledge that many patients witheating disorders are ambivalent regarding treatment due to the demandsand challenges it entails.D 7.2.2. Patients and, when deemed necessary, carers should be provided within<strong>for</strong>mation and education regarding the nature, course and treatment ofeating disorders.D 7.2.3. Families and carers may be in<strong>for</strong>med of existing eating disorderassociations and support groups. 7.2.4. It is recommended that the diagnosis of eating disorders includeanamnesis, physical and psychopathological examinations andcomplementary explorations. 7.2.5. Diagnostic confirmation and therapeutic implications should be in thehands of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists.8. Interventions at the Different Levels of Care (Questions 8.1.-8.4.)D 8.1. Individuals with eating disorders should be treated in the appropriate carelevel based on clinical criteria: outpatient care, day care (day hospital) andinpatient care (general or psychiatric hospital).D 8.2. Health care professionals without specialist experience in eatingdisorders or who are faced with uncertain situations should seek theadvice of a trained specialist when emergency inpatient care is deemedthe most appropriate option <strong>for</strong> a patient with an eating disorder.D 8.3. The majority of patients with BN can be treated on an outpatient basis.Inpatient care is indicated when there is risk of suicide, self-inflictedinjuries and serious physical complications.D 8.4. Health care professionals should assess patients with eating disorders andosteoporosis and advise them to refrain from per<strong>for</strong>ming physicalactivities that may significantly increase the risk of fracture.D 8.5. The paediatrician and the family physician must be in charge of themanagement of eating disorders in children and adolescents. Growth anddevelopment must be closely monitored.CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR EATING DISORDERS18

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