MC18 Recognition and management of emergencies in eating disorders
Date: Thursday 23 June
Time: 4.05pm - 5.20pm
Stream: Education and training
This masterclass builds on the 2021 extensive review and update of guidance on the medical, nutritional and psychiatric management of patients with severe eating disorders across the age range, including the appropriate use of mental health legislation. The masterclass will be helpful both for trainees and for consultants who may be asked to assess and advise on management of emergencies relating to anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, type 1 diabetes. These scenarios are relevant to CAMHS, general adult, liaison and eating disorder psychiatrists.
Chair: Dr Agnes Ayton, Chair of Faculty of Eating Disorders
Dr Dasha Nicholls, Clinical Reader in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Imperial College
Dr Chloe Beale, Consultant Liasion Psychiatrist, Homerton Psychological Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, East London NHS Foundation Trust
James Downs, Expert by Experience
Dr Emma McAllister, Expert by Experience
Speakers
Please email congress@rcpsych.ac.uk or call 020 8618 4120 with any enquiries.