CPG for Eating Disorders

9) Day care admission criteria:– From the adult or children’s mental health centre. If the patient does not meet emergencymedical care or emergency inpatient treatment in a psychiatric hospital criteria and does fulfilone of the following criteria:– The patient is unable due to her psychopathological state to follow the guidelines of theoutpatient treatment programme: frequency of visits, limitation of physical activity,recommended diet, etc.– There are serious behavioural problems in the patient’s home, family conflicts and/orfamily psychopathology that are not modified on an outpatient basis.– Weight progress does not follow the rate established in the outpatient weight restorationprogramme.– From inpatient care (complete hospitalisation) (once discharge criteria have been fulfilled).More control must be exercised on eating and diet and disordered behaviour and though it canalso be performed on an outpatient basis, it is not indicated if there are serious behaviouralproblems in the patient’s home, family conflicts and/or history of family psychopathology thatcannot be modified by outpatient management.Algorithm 2 abbreviationsPC = Primary careMHC = Mental health centreNC=Nutritional counsellingDH = Day hospitalNC = Nutrional counsellingEDs = Eatind DisordersCLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR EATING DISORDERS200