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Establishing a specialist eating disorders team

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sophie Roberts
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO3 6RE
Toni Foxton
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO3 6RE
Ian Partridge*
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO3 6RE
Greg Richardson
Affiliation:
Lime Trees, Child Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO3 6RE
*
Correspondence
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Abstract

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Child and adolescent mental health services operate at four tiers. An eating disorders service is a tier 3 function and in the usual absence of specific funding has to operate from within current resources. The operation of an eating disorders team within a wider child and adolescent mental health service has significant advantages. The operation of such a team is explained and the advantages discussed.

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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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