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Section 1: Responding to a referral and initial assessment

(1.1) Section 1: Responding to a referral and initial assessment

(1.2) Case vignette: presentation to the GP

(1.3) Case vignette: presentation to the GP

(1.4) Response: responding to the referral prior to assessment

(1.5) Comment: how might the CAMHS team respond to the referral prior to assessment?

(1.6) Reflection: what are the aims of the assessment?

(1.7) Response: what are the aims of the assessment?

(1.8) Comment: what are the aims of the assessment?

(1.9) Extract from the NICE guidelines on assessment of eating disorders

(1.10) Components of assessment

(1.11) Case vignette: family assessment

(1.12) Case vignette: family assessment

(1.13) Response: process of assessment

(1.14) Comment: process of assessment

(1.15) Comment: process of assessment 

(1.16) Section 1: Recap

(1.17) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Assessing the history of the eating disorder

(2.1) Section 2: Assessing the history of the eating disorder

(2.2) Reflection: family assessment

(2.3) Response: family assessment

(2.4) Comment: family assessment

(2.5) Comment: family assessment

(2.6) Comment: family assessment

(2.7) Comment: family assessment

(2.8) Comment: family assessment

(2.9) Case vignette: history of eating behaviours

(2.10) Case vignette: history of eating behaviours

(2.11) Response: how would you assess dietary intake?

(2.12) Comment: how would you assess dietary assessment?

(2.13) Comment: how would you assess dietary assessment?

(2.14) Case vignette: mental state and eating disorder psychopathology

(2.15) Case vignette: mental state and eating disorder psychopathology

(2.16) Response: assessing psychopathology

(2.17) Comment: assessing psychopathology

(2.18) Comment: assessing psychopathology

(2.19) Reflection: additional features to assess individually

(2.20) Response: additional features to assess individually

(2.21) Comment: additional features to assess individually

(2.22) Reflection: improving motivation

(2.23) Response: improving motivation

(2.24) Comment: improving motivation

(2.25) Case vignette: school

(2.26) Case vignette: school

(2.27) Response: school factors

(2.28) Comment: school factors

(2.29) Section 2: Recap

(2.30) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Risk assessment, consent and confidentiality

3.2) Section 3: Risk assessment, consent and confidentiality

(3.2) Case vignette: physical findings

(3.3) Case vignette: physical findings

(3.4) Response: assessing nutritional status

(3.5) Comment: assessing nutritional status

(3.6) Comment: assessing nutritional status

(3.7) Comment: assessing nutritional status

(3.8) Other features to look for

(3.9) Investigations to consider

(3.10) Key risks to consider in a young person with anorexia nervosa

(3.11) Comment: key risks to consider

(3.12) Comment: key risks to consider

(3.13) Comment: key risks to consider

(3.14) Case vignette: confidentiality

(3.15) Response: confidentiality

(3.16) Comment: confidentiality

(3.17) Case vignette: physical assessment

(3.18) Response: refusal to be examined

(3.19) Comment: refusal to be examined

(3.20) Section 3: Recap

(3.21) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Making a diagnosis

(4.1) Section 4: Making a diagnosis

(4.2) The five core diagnostic features of anorexia nervosa

(4.3) Case vignette: differential diagnoses

(4.4) Case vignette: differential diagnoses

(4.5) Response: differential diagnoses

(4.6) Currently defined eating disorders

(4.7) The development of eating disorders

(4.8) The development of eating disorders

(4.9) The development of eating disorders

(4.10) The maintenance of eating disorders

(4.11) The maintenance of eating disorders

(4.12) A formulation for eating disorders

(4.13) Reflection: when a diagnosis can't be made

(4.14) Response: when a diagnosis can't be made

(4.15) Comment: when a diagnosis can't be made

(4.16) Food Avoidance Emotional Disorder

(4.17) Reflection: assessing older adolescents

(4.18) Response: assessing older adolescents

(4.19) Comment: assessing older adolescents

(4.20) Reflection: assessing boys

(4.21) Response: assessing boys

(4.22) Section 4: Recap

(4.23) Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Bulimia nervosa

(5.1) Section 5: Bulimia nervosa

(5.2) Case vignette: assessing bulimia nervosa

(5.3) Case vignette: assessing bulimia nervosa

(5.4) Response: assessing bulimia nervosa

(5.5) Comment: assessing bulimia nervosa

(5.6) Diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa

(5.7) Reflection: physical signs of bulimia nervosa

(5.8) Response: physical signs of bulimia nervosa

(5.9) Assessment of risks in a young person with bulimia nervosa

(5.10) Ending the assessment

(5.11) Ending the assessment

(5.12) Section 5: Recap

(5.13) Section 5: Summary

 

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Appendix: transcripts

(1.3) Transcript: presentation to the GP

(1.12) Transcript: family assessment

(2.10) Transcript: history of eating behaviours

(2.15) Transcript: mental state and eating disorder psychopathology

(2.26) Transcript: school

(3.3) Transcript: physical findings

(4.4) Transcript: differential diagnoses

(5.3) Transcript: assessing bulimia nervosa

 

 


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