CPG for Eating Disorders

ObjectivesMain objectiveTo provide health care professionals responsible for the management of patients with eatingdisorders with a tool that enables them to make the best decisions to address the problems theircare entails.Secondary objectivesa) To help patients with eating disorders by providing them with useful information thatwill aid them in making decisions concerning their disease.b) To inform families and carer on eating disorders and provide them with counselling andadvice so they become actively involved in treatment.c) To implement and develop health care quality indicators that enable the assessment ofthe clinical practice of recommendations presented in this CPG.d) To establish recommendations for research on eating disorders that enable knowledge togrow.e) To address confidentiality and informed consent issues of patients, especially in the caseof minors under the age of 18, and to include legal procedures in the cases of completehospitalisation (inpatient care) and involuntary treatment.Main usersThis CPG is aimed at professionals who are in direct contact with patients with eating disordersor who make decisions regarding the care of these patients (family physicians, paediatricians,psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, dieticians, endocrinologists, pharmacists, gynaecologists,internal medicine physicians, odontologists, occupational therapists and social workers). It isalso aimed at professionals pertaining to other fields who are in direct contact with patients witheating disorders (education, social services, media, justice).The CPG’s purpose is to serve as a tool for planning the integrated care of patients witheating disorders.The CPG provides eating disorder patients with information that can also be used by familymembers and friends, as well as by the general population.CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR EATING DISORDERS42