Early detection of eating disorders

Assessing young people with possible eating disorders can be complex for a variety of reasons. Building a therapeutic relationship with a young person with a possible eating disorder and their family is key to enabling a thorough assessment and ongoing management, but it introduces difficult issues regarding confidentiality and risk. In this podcast we talk with the authors of two practice articles, which give advice on spotting and treating eating disorders in young people. In a linked podcast, we speak to the mother and daughter authors of a What you patient is thinking article, who describe what it's like for a family to experience a child with an eating disorder. Read the articles: http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5328 http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5378 http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5245