Professional Bodies' Guidance
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Eating Disorders and the Patient with Diabetes
Details
Information and advice for health professionals supporting patients with diabetes and an eating disorder.
Who is it for?
- Health professionals
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Learning
Date of publication
Unknown
National Institute of Mental Health (USA)
National Library of Medicine (USA)
Evidence-based clinical guidelines for eating disorders: international comparison
Details
Purpose of review: The current systematic review sought to compare available evidence-based clinical treatment guidelines for all specific eating disorders.
Recent findings: Nine evidence-based clinical treatment guidelines for eating disorders were located through a systematic search. The international comparison demonstrated notable commonalities and differences among these current clinical guidelines.
Summary: Evidence-based clinical guidelines represent an important step toward the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments into clinical practice. Despite advances in clinical research on eating disorders, a growing body of literature demonstrates that individuals with eating disorders often do not receive an evidence-based treatment for their disorder
Who is it for?
- Health professionals
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Learning
Date of publication
Nov 2017
The three-legged stool of evidence-based practice in eating disorder treatment: research, clinical, and patient perspectives
Details
Evidence-based practice in eating disorders incorporates three essential components: research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values, preferences, and characteristics. Conceptualized as a 'three-legged stool' by Sackett et al. in 1996 (BMJ), all of these components of evidence-based practice are considered essential for providing optimal care in the treatment of eating disorders. However, the extent to which these individual aspects of evidence-based practice are valued among clinicians and researchers is variable, with each of these stool 'legs' being neglected at times. As a result, empirical support and patient preferences for treatment are not consistently considered in the selection and implementation of eating disorder treatment. In addition, clinicians may not have access to training to provide treatments supported by research and preferred by patients. Despite these challenges, integrating these three components of evidence-based practice is critical for the effective treatment of eating disorders.
Who is it for?
- Health professionals
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Learning
Date of publication
April 2016
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
Consider Eating Disorders in Men - free training tool for GPs
Details
Animated training tool for GPs providing key information and help for daily practice.
The training is accredited by RCGP and developed by Heike Bartel (University of Nottingham) & Una Foye (King’s College London).
The full training ‘Consider Eating Disorders in Men’ may take approx. 60 mins.
Who is it for?
- GPs
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Learning
Date of publication
2020
Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych)
Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders: Guidance on Recognition and Management (MEED)
Details
The aim of this guidance is to make preventable deaths due to eating disorders a thing of the past. It is not a comprehensive textbook on eating disorders; rather, it addresses eating disorder presentations likely to lead the patient to an emergency department or a medical/paediatric ward.
The emphasis is on medical management, meaning both physical and psychiatric care. The working group that produced this guidance is the fourth group to address these issues, which succeeds the Management of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa (MARSIPAN) and Junior MARSIPAN guidance.
Who is it for?
- Healthcare professionals
- Other professionals who provide public services to people with eating disorders (including in education and criminal justice settings)
- Families and carers of people with suspected or diagnosed eating disorders
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published May 2022
Anorexia & Bulimia
Details
Guidance from the ED Faculty at the RCPsych for people with an eating disorder.
Who is it for?
Use this guidance if:
- you are constantly thinking with your weight and body image
- you feel that your eating or dieting may be a problem
- you find yourself obsessively using other ways to lose weight, such as over-exercising or making yourself sick
- you think you might have anorexia or bulimia
- other people worry that you have lost too much weight
- you have a friend or relative, son or daughter who is having a problem of this sort.
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published November 2019
Eating Disorders in Young People: For Parents & Carers
Details
Guidance from the ED Faculty at the RCPsych parents and carers of peeople with an eating disorder.
Who is it for?
Use this guidance if:
- you have a friend or relative or child with an eating disorder
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Unknown
Supporting transgender and gender-diverse people. Position statement
Details
This Position Statement:
- sets out the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ view on how to work with transgender and gender-diverse people if they seek mental health services
- makes recommendations on how this can be best implemented.
This statement is concerned with the general approach by psychiatrists and does not cover the detail of current psychiatric and medical treatments for transition.
Who is it for?
Psychiatrists
Age Group
- Children & Young People
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Unknown
Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Exploring quality of life in women with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa
Details
Guidance from the ED Faculty at the RCPsych for people with an eating disorder.
Who is it for?
Healthcare professionals. Read this article:
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To refresh your knowledge of the characteristics of anorexia nervosa
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To understand the factors that may affect the quality of life of women with severe and enduring anorexia
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To learn about interventions that could benefit women with severe and enduring anorexia by enhancing their quality of life
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published December 2021
Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
Supporting People who have Eating & Drinking Difficulties
Details
Supporting people who have eating and drinking difficulties is a guide to practical care and clinical assistance. Its particular focus is on the complexities that can arise around nutrition and hydration towards the end of life.
Who is it for?
The guidance is primarily for medical and healthcare professionals, particularly those involved in caring for people who have eating and drinking difficulties, including gastroenterologists, ward nurses, geriatricians, dietitians, speech and language therapists, neurologists, palliative care teams, care home and community nurses.
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
Published 2021
This report succeeds Oral feeding difficulties and dilemmas A guide to practical care, particularly towards the end of life (2010)
Oral feeding difficulties and dilemmas
Details
A guide to practical care, particularly towards the end of life.
This report aims to improve and facilitate care of patients by providing practical advice with a sound legal and ethical basis to healthcare professionals, patients and their families, and to advocates appointed under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Report done alongside the British Society of Gastroenterology.
Who is it for?
- Professionals working with patients with oral feeding difficulties
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Guidance
Date of publication
2010
University of Nottingham
Hungry for Words: Creative approaches to start the conversation about eating disorders in men
Details
This video shares the often unheard experiences of men with eating disorders going to their GP practice to seek help. What was it like? How did it feel? Told in their own words it encourages us to listen, reflect, and start the conversation family, friends, carers, teachers, co-workers and healthcare staff.
Who is it for?
- Anyone interested in learning more about eating disorders in men and boys
Age Group
- Adults and Older People
Type of content (learning, policy or guidance)
- Learning
Date of publication
Unknown
Collated list of the above resources
Resource List
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institute of Mental Health (USA)
National Library of Medicine (USA)
- Evidence-based clinical guidelines for eating disorders: international comparison
- The three-legged stool of evidence-based practice in eating disorder treatment: research, clinical, and patient perspectives
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych)
- MEED
- Anorexia & Bulimia
- Eating Disorders in Young People: For Parents & Carers
- Supporting transgender and gender-diverse people. Position statement
Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
University of Nottingham
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