What Is the Current State of Training to Recognise and Treat Eating Disorders in Medical Schools in South Wales?

Aims: Eating disorders represent a major challenge for psychiatric and broader medical care. The rate of hospitalisation has almost doubled in recent years and anorexia has a higher mortality rate than any other mental illness. Beat Eating Disorders has made recommendations for educating medical stu...

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Main Authors: Thomas Prew, Rhiannon Kihara, Umer Jalal, Lois Bown, Isabella Jurewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425105206/type/journal_article
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description Aims: Eating disorders represent a major challenge for psychiatric and broader medical care. The rate of hospitalisation has almost doubled in recent years and anorexia has a higher mortality rate than any other mental illness. Beat Eating Disorders has made recommendations for educating medical students. When making the recommendations, they did not receive responses from Cardiff or Swansea Medical Schools. This review assesses the provision of eating disorder teaching and whether it is sufficient for effective medical training.
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title What Is the Current State of Training to Recognise and Treat Eating Disorders in Medical Schools in South Wales?
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