Royal College of Psychiatrists, Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 3(19), p. 201-202, 2013
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.111.009779
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SummaryEating disorders encompass physical, psychological and social pathologies that increase health risk. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality of any psychiatric disorder, but patients are not always managed by specialist eating disorders services and the duty of care sometimes falls to the general psychiatrist. This article is an aide-memoire for assessing and managing physical risk in patients with anorexia nervosa.