Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Eating Disorders

This Practice Parameter reviews evidence-based practices for the evaluation and treatment of eating disorders in children and adolescents. Where empirical support is limited, clinical consensus opinion is used to supplement systematic data review. The Parameter focuses on the phenomenology of eating disorders, comorbidity of eating disorders with other psychiatric and medical disorders, and treatment in children and adolescents. Because the database related to eating disorders in younger patients is limited, relevant literature drawn from adult studies is included in the discussion.

(Reprinted from the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2015;54(5):412–425 with permission from the Academy)