The American Psychiatric Association has released an online screening and assessment tool for eating disorders.
The tool incorporates guidance on screening tools, levels of care, nutrition, exercise, psychotherapy, and more. Additionally, the tool provides a summary of responses that can be leveraged for easy documentation.
It is intended for use by pediatricians, family physicians, and other primary care and mental health clinicians, including psychiatrists and therapists.worldwide are at risk of developing an eating disorder. Girls are significantly more likely than boys to have disordered eating. Early diagnosis and treatment are associated with a higher rate of recovery, and extended illness is associated with potentially devastating consequences, the APA notes.
"As an internal medicine physician myself, I see a wide variety of patients and clinical issues," Joongheum Park, MD,head of product and engineering at AvoMD, said in the release. "Easy access to the expertise in me and my peers' workflow is essential to ensuring high-quality care, and partnering with the leading authority on eating disorders to provide this tool will improve clinician efficiency and most importantly, patient outcomes," Park added.
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