Managing Strategies course for GPs

This session will cover the principles of treating an adolescent with an eating disorder, including some of the physical and legal considerations.

Learning objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Explain the principles of developing a treatment plan for an adolescent with an eating disorder, and communicate effectively with all the people involved to implement it
• Manage risk in eating disorders and recognise how risks change with treatment
• Be aware of the refeeding syndrome and issues related to refeeding in underweight adolescents
• Explain the principles of individual and family psychotherapeutic approaches in the management of eating disorders
• Be aware of the legal and ethical frameworks in which treatment of eating disorders is carried out

The goal of treatment is to help young people affected by EDs to live more successfully with their illness and thus lead a more normal life, achieving as much as possible normal physical, social and psychological development until recovery is achieved.