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Eating disorders
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Age from 12 years onwards

This CKS topic is based on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guideline Eating disorders: core interventions in the treatment and management of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and related eating disorders [National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, 2004; NICE, 2004].

This CKS topic covers the identification, treatment, and management of eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and related conditions) in primary care.

This CKS topic does not cover obesity or the management of eating disorders associated with a separate physical disorder or other primary mental health disorder, of which a disturbance of eating is a symptom.

There are separate CKS topics on Bipolar disorder, Depression, Obesity and Obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The target audience for this CKS topic is healthcare professionals working within the NHS in England, and providing first contact or primary health care. Patient information from NHS Choices is intended to be printed and given to people with this condition or their carers.

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