title: 'Help us, she's fading away': How to manage the patient with anorexia nervosa.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although integral to the early detection and treatment of anorexia nervosa, there is a paucity of clear guidance available for general practitioners (GPs). This paper attempts to bridge the gap between the specialist and generalist literature to assist the busy GP feel confident in identifying and managing these patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  On reading this article it is anticipated the GP will feel well equipped to screen for and provide ongoing treatment to patients who pre-sent with eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa. This paper provides guidance for the identification and ongoing management of patients with anorexia nervosa, and supporting their carers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People affected by eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, may deny having a problem, minimise their symptoms and resist treatment yet engage partially with their GP throughout the course of their illness. There are well-validated, quick screening tools that the non-specialist can use to identify patients at high risk of having an eating disorder.
authors.affiliation: BSci (Hons) BMedSc, MBBS, MPM, FRANZCP, Consultant Psychiatrist, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.
authors.forename: Suzy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Redston
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tiller
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keks
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burrows
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castle
authors.forename: J Richard
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Newton
mesh_terms: D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D058006:General Practice; D006801:Humans