Eating disorders: recognition and treatment (NICE guideline NG69)
by National Guideline Alliance · National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This is the reference standard for which treatments work for each eating disorder, based on systematic review of the evidence. UK national clinical guideline covering how to recognise, assess and treat anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder and OSFED. It covers recommended psychological therapies such as CBT-ED and family therapy, physical health monitoring, and care for children and adults.
More resources on Eating Disorders
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders
Clinician's treatment manual for enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E). It sets out the transdiagnostic theory of eating disorders and gives a session-by-session protocol for adults and adolescents across anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and related presentations.
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, Third Edition
It is the standard carer-facing book for the best-supported adolescent treatment. Guide for parents by the developers of family-based treatment (FBT). It explains how anorexia, bulimia and related disorders affect adolescents, and how parents can take charge of refeeding and work with a treatment team. It includes case examples.
Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition
Two-part book by the psychiatrist who developed CBT for eating disorders. Part one explains the science of binge eating. Part two is a self-help programme based on CBT-E that has been tested in trials for binge-eating disorder and bulimia nervosa.
APA Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders (4th Edition, 2023)
American Psychiatric Association guideline with 16 recommendations on screening, assessment, and psychotherapy and medication for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. The page links the full guideline, the AJP executive summary and a free patient guide. It adds a US, psychiatry-focused view to NICE, including more detail on medication (e.g. lisdexamfetamine for BED).
Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care (AED Report, 4th Edition)
Short clinical guide from the Academy for Eating Disorders, known as the 'purple book'. It covers how to recognise eating disorders early, the medical complications of each disorder, warning signs that need hospital care, refeeding syndrome risk, and ongoing medical monitoring.
Eating Disorders (NIMH Health Topic)
US National Institute of Mental Health overview of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder. It describes their signs and symptoms, health risks, risk factors and treatment options, with free brochures, prevalence statistics and links to clinical trials. It explains how the three main disorders differ and what their warning signs are, and it contains no diet-culture framing.