I thought I wasn’t thin enough to be anorexic
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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 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.
In a linked podcast, we talk with the authors of two practice articles, which give advice on spotting and treating eating disorders in young people.
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