SynthesisEating and weight disorders : EWD2016
Detecting eating disorder patients in a general practice setting: a systematic review of heterogeneous data on clinical outcomes and care trajectories.
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- Development of Disordered Weight Control Behaviors and Its Progression to Eating Disorders in Canada: A Nationally Representative Microsimulation.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
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- Eating Disorders Education for Healthcare Students and Non-Specialist Providers: Identifying and Filling a Critical Training Gap.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Evaluation of an online modular eating disorders training (PreparED) to prepare healthcare trainees: a survey study.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Description of patients with eating disorders by general practitioners: a cohort study and focus on co-management with depression.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Linear growth in young people with restrictive eating disorders: "Inching" toward consensus.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Evaluating an implementation model of evidence-based therapy for eating disorders in non-specialist regional mental health settings.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Screening, assessment and diagnosis in the eating disorders: findings from a rapid review.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Review
- The development and psychometric evaluation of FABIANA-checklist: a scale to assess factors influencing treatment initiation in anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Eating Disorders among College Students in France: Characteristics, Help-and Care-Seeking.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Earlier diagnosis in anorexia nervosa: better watch growth charts!Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Screening four broad categories of eating disorders: suitability of a clinical algorithm adapted from the SCOFF questionnaire.BMC psychiatry · 2019Observational
- Identifying Risk Factors for Disordered Eating among Female Youth in Primary Care.Child psychiatry and human development · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThe incidence and prevalence of eating disorders (ED) is low in general practice (GP) settings. Studies in secondary care suggest that the general practitioner has an important role to play in the early detection of patients with EDs. The aim of this study was to describe the effect (clinical outcomes and care trajectory) of screening for EDs among patients in general practice settings.
methodsA systematic review was conducted on Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Embase and WOS. The studies included were to have been carried out in a primary care setting, with screening explicitly performed in GP practices and follow-up information.
resultsTen studies met the inclusion criteria. For all ED patients, there was an increase in the frequency of consultations in GP setting, referrals to psychiatric resources and drug prescriptions such as antidepressants, following screening procedures. Clinical outcomes remained unclear and heterogeneous. One study focused on the course and outcome of ED patients identified by screening in the GP setting and reported recovery for anorexia nervosa (AN) and BN in more than half of the cases, after 4.8 years of mean follow-up. In this study, early age at detection predicted better recovery.
conclusionMost of the literature on the role of the GP in screening for and managing EDs consists of opinion papers and original studies designed in a secondary care perspective. The impact of systematically screening for EDs in a primary care setting is not clarified and requires further investigation in collaborative cohort studies with a patient-centered approach, and outcomes focused on symptoms.
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