Development of an Eating-Disorder Program

Abstract

eating-disorder programs must have a multidisciplinary health care team in order to address the needs of this patient population / there needs to be expertise in cognitive-behavioral therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, family therapy, nutrition, pharmacotherapy, inpatient milieu, and medical care / therapists must be flexible in their orientation and must be able to combine intervention strategies (e.g., combined cognitive-behavioral—psychodynamic psychotherapy and family systems work) clinical features [etiology and epidemiology] / standardized assessment [eating symptoms, other symptoms, personality disorders, social environment] / the intake interview [disposition] clinical intervention [ambulatory care, hospital care] / developing and maintaining programs [choosing and training staff, sources of referral, educating physicians, program evaluation and research] / patient flow through the clinic: case example (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)