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    Eating disorders reports and resources

    College reports

    Consensus statements

    Position statements

    Position paper

    Guidance

    Managing emergencies in eating disorders

    Management of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia (MaRSiPAN) reports

    • MARSIPAN: Management of Really Sick Patients with Anorexia Nervosa (2nd edition) (CR189, October 2014) – superseded by CR233
    • Junior MARSIPAN: Management of Really Sick Patients under 18 with Anorexia Nervosa (CR168, January 2012) – superseded by CR233

    Find out more and become a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders. 

    Eating disorders - initial assessment in primary care (the BMJ visual summary)

    Cutting Edge Psychiatry in Practice: Focus Issue: Eating Disorders

    Cutting Edge Psychiatry in Practice is a journal published by East London Foundation NHS Trust. It is a purely educational journal. It is a unique not-for-profit initiative with the sole aim of providing up-to-date, evidence-based information on key psychiatric conditions, clearly presented, so as to be accessible to resident doctors, GPs, consultants and other professionals who provide mental health care. The papers in each focus issue are written by a mix of international leaders in the respective field and enthusiastic local practitioners. All the past papers are available on the website, CEPiP.org, free of charge.

    MindEd Feeding or Eating Disorders Hub

    The MindEd feeding or eating disorders hub provides tips for professionals on supporting adults or infants, children and young people with feeding and eating disorders and access to collated learning resources for professionals working with people of all ages.

    Find out more about the hub

    MindEd key and influential texts

    This section of the MindEd Eating Disorders Hub provides access to selected key texts on adult eating disorders.

    Find out more about MindEd

    Consider eating disorders in men – eLearning

    Eating disorders are challenging to care for, and in men they can be even more tricky to diagnose. A new animated 60-mins course voiced by male experts by experience provides insight, clinical top tips, evidence-informed advice and treatment guidance. The course was developed by The University of Nottingham (Heike Bartel) and KCL (Una Foye) with clinical and creative partners, men with lived experience and eating disorders charities.

    Find out more about the eLearning course

    First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED)

    FREED is an innovative treatment approach to help young people with eating disorders as early as possible for a better chance of full recovery.

    Find out more about FREED

    Eating Disorders Training for Medical Students and Foundation Doctors

    This training was developed in response to the PHSO investigation into avoidable deaths from eating disorders as outlined in recommendations from the report titled Ignoring the Alarms: How NHS Eating Disorder Services Are Failing Patients (PHSO, 2017). It is the result of collaboration between Beat, Health Education England and the Faculty of Eating Disorders and is designed to ensure that all medical students and foundation doctors are trained to understand, identify and respond appropriately when faced with a patient with a possible eating disorder.

    Find out more about the training

    Educational videos for medical students and resident doctors 

    The Faculty of Eating Disorders working with Tallulah Self, a young expert with lived experience and a film-maker and editor, has created three educational videos to increase awareness of eating disorders in medical students and resident doctors in primary care and relevant specialities.

    Each video is approximately 6-8 minutes long and has powerful, lived narratives from three young experts by experience, the voice of a carer representative, and key learning points from Eating Disorder Psychiatrists. References and links for care and crisis pathways, guidance for further reading and details of support organisations for patients and carers are included.

    Eating Disorders: Signs, Symptoms and Support with Dr Kiran Chitale

     

    Assessment and Management of Risk in Eating Disorders with Dr Caz Nahman


    Family, Ethics and the Law with Dr Jacinta Tan

    Eating Disorders - MDT Discussion around Nasogastric Feeding and Restraint

    Increasing numbers of children and young people are requiring admission to paediatric wards with restrictive eating, and physical compromise. This video is a FICTIONAL account of a multiprofessional discussion regarding Nasogastric feeding, and the potential for restrictive practices and restraint, with consideration of legal frameworks. Those involved in this teaching are clinicians involved in this work regularly. The video itself forms part of a teaching day run by the Royal College of Paediatrics.

     

    Medical emergencies in eating disorders - a patient perspective

    A short presentation on how to support eating disorders patients in emergency medical care.