Definition and Classification of Eating Disorders

1. How are eating disorders defined and classified? What are the shared and specific clinical features of each type?
2. Ethiopathogeny of eating disorders: What are the main risk factors?
3. What are the most frequent co morbidities of eating disorders?

Prevention of Eating Disorders

4. What is the efficacy of primary care interventions in avoiding eating disorders? Are there any negative effects?

Detection of Eating Disorders

5. What screening instruments are useful to identify cases of eating disorders?

Diagnosis of Eating Disorders

6. What clinical criteria are useful to diagnose eating disorders?
7. How are eating disorders diagnosed?
8. What is the differential diagnosis of eating disorders?

Interventions at the Different Levels of Care in the Management of Eating Disorders

9. What are the primary care (PC) and specialised care interventions for eating disorders? Other resources?
10. In eating disorders, what clinical criteria may be useful to assess referral amongst the health care resources available in the NHS?
11. In eating disorders, what clinical criteria may be useful to assess inpatient care (complete hospitalisation) in the healthcare resources available in the NHS?
12. In eating disorders, what clinical criteria may be useful to assess discharge in the healthcare resources available in the NHS?

Treatment of Eating Disorders

13. What is the efficacy and safety of re-nutrition in patients with eating disorders?
14. What is the efficacy and safety of nutritional counselling in patients with eating disorders?
15. What is the efficacy and safety of cognitive-behavioural therapy in patients with eating disorders?
16. What is the efficacy and safety of self-help and guided self-help in patients with eating disorders?
17. What is the efficacy and safety of interpersonal therapy in patients with eating disorders?
18. What is the efficacy and safety of family therapy (systemic or not) in patients with eating disorders?
19. What is the efficacy and safety of psychodynamic therapy in patients with eating disorders?
20. What is the efficacy and safety of behavioural therapy in patients with eating disorders?
21. What is the efficacy and safety of antidepressants in patients with eating disorders?
22. What is the efficacy and safety of antipsychotic drugs in patients with eating disorders
23. What is the efficacy and safety of appetite stimulants in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN)?
24. What is the efficacy and safety of opioid antagonists in patients with eating disorders?
25. What is the efficacy and safety of other psychoactive drugs in patients with eating disorders?
26. What is the efficacy and safety of combined interventions in patients with eating disorders?
27. What is the treatment for eating disorders that occur with comorbidities?
28. How are chronic cases of eating disorders treated?
29. What is the treatment for eating disorders in special situations such as pregnancy and delivery?

Assessment of Eating Disorders

30. What tools are useful to assess the symptoms and behaviour of eating disorders?
31. What tools are useful for the psychopathological assessment of eating disorders?

Prognosis of Eating Disorders

32. What is the prognosis of eating disorders?
33. Are there prognostic factors for eating disorders?

Legal Aspects Concerning Patients with Eating Disorders in Spain

34. What legal procedure must be followed when a patient with an eating disorder refuses to receive treatment?
35. Is the informed consent of a minor with an eating disorder legally valid?
36. In the case of a minor with an eating disorder, what is the legal solution to the dilemma stemming from the responsibility of confidentiality, respect of autonomy and obligations towards the minor’s parents or legal guardians?