Treatment Guidelines: Eating Disorders

Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

• The AED Guide to Selecting Pharmacologic Treatments for Patients with Eating Disorders (2021)

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

• Initial evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa (2015)

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

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

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 Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

• Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders (2014)

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 for the pharmacologic treatment of eating disorders (2011)

Reviewer 1: Carly Rainey, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS
Reviewer 2: Austin Smith, PharmD, BCPP
2024-2025 AAPP Resident and New Practitioner Committee