Community Treatment of Eating Disorders

The book is intended as a practical guide to setting up, staffing and running eating disorders services. The guidance and advice given is based on the experience of the eating disorder service at the Royal Free, which does not have specialised beds, but which is nevertheless considered to offer one of the best services in the UK. Each element of the service will be considered from referral, inpatient and outpatient treatment, service evaluation and multi-disciplinary teamworking. The book also discuss’s innovative approaches in treatment, including an evaluation of Email Bulimia Therapy. Ties in with NICE guidelines, which highlight the need for local services for treating eating disorders Offers practical guidance on setting up a community model of treatment and on working within a multi-disciplinary team Based on the Royal Free experience – their Eating Disorders Service has twice been a finalist in the Hospital Doctor Team of the Year awards

About the Author vii Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi Chapter 1: Establishing a Home-oriented Service 1 Chapter 2: Staff 19 Chapter 3: Initial Outpatient Assessment 32 Chapter 4: Physical Assessment and Monitoring 57 Chapter 5: Psychological Interventions 80 Chapter 6: Day Care 103 Chapter 7: Liaison and Outreach 122 Chapter 8: Inpatient Care 141 Chapter 9: Rehabilitation: Dealing with Seed 165 Chapter 10: Technical and Academic Aspects 177 References 191 Index 193