title: Adolescents with eating disorders. Primary care screening, identification, and early intervention.
abstract: The identification and treatment of eating disorders in adolescents is a challenging and time-consuming commitment. Early identification and treatment requires a multi-disciplinary team of health care professionals and provides an improved prognosis for these complex conditions. Nurses in all levels of practice are in ideal positions to influence early detection through careful screening (identification of risk factors, patient history, and physical exam), close follow-up, and prompt specialty referral with disease progression.
authors.affiliation: Valencia Health Services/Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 1647 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. hmartin@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Seth D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Ammerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States