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Eating disorders: recognition and treatment

  • NICE guideline
  • Reference number: NG69
  • Published:  23 May 2017
  • Last updated:  16 December 2020
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Research recommendations coming out of this guidance

  • Psychological treatments for binge eating disorder: - Compare the clinical and cost effectiveness of individual eating-disorder-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-ED) with guided self-help and group CBT-ED for adults with binge eating disorder. Compare the clinical and cost effectiveness of individual eating-disorder-focused CBT-ED with guided self-help and group CBT-ED for children and young people with binge eating disorder

  • Duration and intensity of psychological treatment:- What is the effectiveness of treating eating disorders with psychological treatments of reduced duration and reduced intensity, compared with standard treatment?

  • Predictors of acute physical risk:- What clinical and biochemical markers are the best predictors of acute physical risk for people with eating disorders?

  • Treating an eating disorder in people with a comorbidity:- What is the impact of comorbidities on treatment outcomes for eating disorders, and what
    approaches are effective in managing these comorbidities?

  • Maintaining benefits after successful treatment of anorexia nervosa:- What factors (including comorbidities, personal, social and demographic factors, treatment type,
    and subsequent relapse prevention interventions) are associated with continued benefit after successful treatment for anorexia nervosa?

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