Learn How to Work With Eating Disorder Patients |
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For medical professionals not currently specializing in eating disorders
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Fast Facts |
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Prevalence
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Mortality
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Dieting out-of-control
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From the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA):
"Physicians, despite good intentions, sometimes make the following mistakes. By developing an ongoing collaborative relationship, you may help them avoid these:
"Physicians, despite good intentions, sometimes make the following mistakes. By developing an ongoing collaborative relationship, you may help them avoid these:
- Setting or agreeing to an artificially low body weight
- Sharing own concerns with food, weight, body image
- Expressing negative feelings regarding fat people
- Being over-concerned about the increase in obesity and therefore unable to identify pathogenic weight control
- Supporting restrictive dieting
- Not working collaboratively with other providers
- While attempting to support the patient or family, undermining treatment and reinforcing resistance" (5).
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References:
1. National Eating Disorder Association. https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/get-facts-eating-disorders. Accessed 1/12/2017.
2. Wade, T. D., Keski-Rahkonen A., & Hudson J. (2011).Epidemiology of eating disorders. In M. Tsuang and M. Tohen (Eds.), Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology (3rd ed.) (pp. 343-360). New York: Wiley.
3. Arcelus, J., Mitchell, A. J., Wales, J., & Nielsen, S. (2011). Mortality rates in patients with Anorexia Nervosa and other eating disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(7), 724-731.
4. Shisslak, C. M., Crago, M., & Estes, L. S. (1995).The spectrum of eating disturbances.International Journal of Eating Disorders, 18(3), 209-219.
5. Maine, M., & McCallum, K. Assisting Physicians in Eating Disorder Prevention. https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/assisting-physicians-eating-disorder-prevention. Accessed 1/12/2017.
1. National Eating Disorder Association. https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/get-facts-eating-disorders. Accessed 1/12/2017.
2. Wade, T. D., Keski-Rahkonen A., & Hudson J. (2011).Epidemiology of eating disorders. In M. Tsuang and M. Tohen (Eds.), Textbook in Psychiatric Epidemiology (3rd ed.) (pp. 343-360). New York: Wiley.
3. Arcelus, J., Mitchell, A. J., Wales, J., & Nielsen, S. (2011). Mortality rates in patients with Anorexia Nervosa and other eating disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(7), 724-731.
4. Shisslak, C. M., Crago, M., & Estes, L. S. (1995).The spectrum of eating disturbances.International Journal of Eating Disorders, 18(3), 209-219.
5. Maine, M., & McCallum, K. Assisting Physicians in Eating Disorder Prevention. https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/assisting-physicians-eating-disorder-prevention. Accessed 1/12/2017.
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