The American Psychiatric Association plans to align treatment of eating disorders with a focus on risk-benefit analysis of physical and psychosocial factors, according to new guidelines published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
“Since publication of the last American Psychiatric Association practice guideline on eating disorders, there have been many studies on psychotherapies for individuals with these diagnoses as well as some studies on pharmacotherapies,” Catherine Crone, MD, chair of the APA Practice Guideline Writing Group, and colleagues wrote.
Authors of the updated