Treatment Guidelines: Eating Disorders

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

• Eating disorders in primary care: diagnosis and management (2021)

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

• Identification and management of eating disorders in children and adolescents (2021)

Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

• The AED guide to selecting pharmacologic treatments for patients with eating disorders (2022)

American Psychiatric Association (APA)

• Treatment of patients with eating disorders (2023)

Canadian Practice Guidelines

• Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders (2020)

German S3-Guideline

• Treatment of anorexia nervosa–new evidence-based guidelines (2019)

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• Eating disorders: recognition and treatment (2017; updated 2020)

The Royal College of Psychiatrists

• Medical emergencies in eating disorders: guidance on recognition and management (2022; updated 2023)

World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry

• Guidelines update 2023 on the pharmacological treatment of eating disorders (2023)

Reviewer 1: Bridgette Gleisner, PharmD, BCPP
Reviewer 2: Roisin Sabol, PharmD
2025-2026 AAPP Resident and New Practitioner Committee