PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE Treatment of Patients With ...

[Pages:128]PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE

Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders Third Edition

WORK GROUP ON EATING DISORDERS

Joel Yager, M.D., Chair Michael J. Devlin, M.D. Katherine A. Halmi, M.D. David B. Herzog, M.D. James E. Mitchell III, M.D. Pauline Powers, M.D. Kathryn J. Zerbe, M.D.

This practice guideline was approved in December 2005 and published in June 2006. A guideline watch, summarizing significant developments in the scientific literature since publication of this guideline, may be available in the Psychiatric Practice section of the APA web site at .

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AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION STEERING COMMITTEE ON PRACTICE GUIDELINES

John S. McIntyre, M.D., Chair

Sara C. Charles, M.D., Vice-Chair

Daniel J. Anzia, M.D. Ian A. Cook, M.D.

Molly T. Finnerty, M.D. Bradley R. Johnson, M.D. James E. Nininger, M.D. Paul Summergrad, M.D. Sherwyn M. Woods, M.D., Ph.D.

Joel Yager, M.D.

AREA AND COMPONENT LIAISONS

Robert Pyles, M.D. (Area I) C. Deborah Cross, M.D. (Area II)

Roger Peele, M.D. (Area III) Daniel J. Anzia, M.D. (Area IV) John P. D. Shemo, M.D. (Area V) Lawrence Lurie, M.D. (Area VI) R. Dale Walker, M.D. (Area VII)

Mary Ann Barnovitz, M.D. Sheila Hafter Gray, M.D.

Sunil Saxena, M.D. Tina Tonnu, M.D.

STAFF

Robert Kunkle, M.A., Senior Program Manager Amy B. Albert, B.A., Assistant Project Manager

Laura J. Fochtmann, M.D., Medical Editor Claudia Hart, Director, Department of Quality Improvement and

Psychiatric Services Darrel A. Regier, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Division of Research

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CONTENTS

Statement of Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Guide to Using This Practice Guideline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Development Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Part A: Treatment Recommendations for Patients With Eating Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

I. Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A. Coding System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 B. Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

II. Formulation and Implementation of a Treatment Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A. Psychiatric Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 B. Developing a Treatment Plan for the Individual Patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

III. Clinical Features Influencing the Treatment Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 A. Chronicity of Eating Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 B. Other Psychiatric Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 C. Concurrent General Medical Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 D. Demographic Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Part B: Background Information and Review of Available Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

IV. Disease Definition, Epidemiology, and Natural History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 A. Disease Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 B. Epidemiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 C. Natural History and Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 D. Genetic Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

V. Review and Synthesis of Available Evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 A. Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 B. Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 C. Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Part C: Future Research Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Individuals and Organizations That Submitted Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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STATEMENT OF INTENT

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) Practice Guidelines are not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all clinical data available for an individual patient and are subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and practice patterns evolve. These parameters of practice should be considered guidelines only. Adherence to them will not ensure a successful outcome for every individual, nor should they be interpreted as including all proper methods of care or excluding other acceptable methods of care aimed at the same results. The ultimate judgment regarding a particular clinical procedure or treatment plan must be made by the psychiatrist in light of the clinical data presented by the patient and the diagnostic and treatment options available.

This practice guideline has been developed by psychiatrists who are in active clinical practice. In addition, some contributors are primarily involved in research or other academic endeavors. It is possible that through such activities some contributors, including work group members and reviewers, have received income related to treatments discussed in this guideline. A number of mechanisms are in place to minimize the potential for producing biased recommendations due to conflicts of interest. Work group members are selected on the basis of their expertise and integrity. Any work group member or reviewer who has a potential conflict of interest that may bias (or appear to bias) his or her work is asked to disclose this to the Steering Committee on Practice Guidelines and the work group. Iterative guideline drafts are reviewed by the Steering Committee, other experts, allied organizations, APA members, and the APA Assembly and Board of Trustees; substantial revisions address or integrate the comments of these multiple reviewers. The development of the APA practice guidelines is not financially supported by any commercial organization.

More detail about mechanisms in place to minimize bias is provided in a document available from the APA Department of Quality Improvement and Psychiatric Services, "APA Guideline Development Process."

This practice guideline was approved in December 2005 and published in July 2006.

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GUIDE TO USING THIS PRACTICE GUIDELINE

The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders, Third Edition, consists of three parts (A, B, and C) and many sections, not all of which will be equally useful for all readers. The following guide is designed to help readers find the sections that will be most useful to them.

Part A, "Treatment Recommendations," is published as a supplement to the American Journal of Psychiatry and contains general and specific treatment recommendations. Section I summarizes the key recommendations of the guideline and codes each recommendation according to the degree of clinical confidence with which the recommendation is made. Section II provides further discussion of the formulation and implementation of a treatment plan as it applies to the individual patient. Section III, "Clinical Features Influencing the Treatment Plan," discusses a range of clinical considerations that could alter the general recommendations discussed in Section I.

Part B, "Background Information and Review of Available Evidence," and Part C, "Future Research Needs," are not included in the American Journal of Psychiatry supplement but are provided with Part A in the complete guideline, which is available in print format from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (), and online through the American Psychiatric Association (. org). Part B provides an overview of eating disorders, including general information on their natural history, course, and epidemiology. It also provides a structured review and synthesis of the evidence that underlies the recommendations made in Part A. Part C draws from the previous sections and summarizes areas for which more research data are needed to guide clinical decisions.

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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

This practice guideline was developed under the auspices of the Steering Committee on Practice Guidelines. The development process is detailed in "APA Guideline Development Process," which is available from the APA Department of Quality Improvement and Psychiatric Services. The key features of this process include the following:

? A comprehensive literature review to identify all relevant randomized clinical trials as well as less rigorously designed clinical trials and case series when evidence from randomized trials was unavailable

? Development of evidence tables that summarized the key features of each identified study, including funding source, study design, sample sizes, subject characteristics, treatment characteristics, and treatment outcomes

? Initial drafting of the guideline by a work group that included psychiatrists with clinical and research expertise in eating disorders

? Production of multiple revised drafts with widespread review (10 organizations and 58 individuals submitted significant comments)

? Approval by the APA Assembly and Board of Trustees ? Planned revisions at regular intervals

A MEDLINE search, using PubMed, of "anorexia nervosa OR bulimia OR binge eating disorder OR binge eating disorders OR eating disorder OR eating disorders" yielded 15,561 citations, of which 3,596 were published between 1998 and 2004, were written in English, and contained abstracts. Of these, 334 were reports of clinical trials (including randomized controlled trials) or meta-analyses. Abstracts for these articles as well as abstracts for an additional 634 review articles were screened individually for their relevance to the guideline. The Cochrane Library was also searched for relevant abstracts. Additional, less formal literature searches were conducted by APA staff and individual members of the Work Group on Eating Disorders.

The recommendations contained in this practice guideline are based on the best available data and clinical consensus. The summary of treatment recommendations is keyed according to the level of confidence with which each recommendation is made (indicated by bracketed Roman numeral). In addition, each reference is followed by a bracketed letter that indicates the nature of the supporting evidence.

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INTRODUCTION

As this practice guideline was developed and then reviewed by psychiatrists, researchers, and other clinicians throughout North America and Europe, a number of important general themes emerged. So that readers may better appreciate the recommendations of this guideline, the following points merit emphasis:

? A diagnosis is presumed before the recommendations of this practice guideline apply. Considerations for performing a detailed differential diagnosis are not included in this guideline. Special attention, however, is given to the treatment of eating disorders and common co-occurring conditions and clinical features (Section III).

? The evidence base (including data and clinical experience) for the treatment of children and adolescents differs from that for adults. APA practice guidelines are intended for the care of adults. However, because anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa often begin during adolescence and because clinicians commonly treat all ages spanning from childhood to adulthood, this guideline includes recommendations that apply to both age groups and notes if any recommendation applies exclusively to a certain age group.

? There is a growing evidence base for the treatment of eating disorders; at the same time, there are many situations that arise in clinical care for which recommendations must be based on expert opinion and experience in the absence of data from randomized controlled trials or other systematic research studies. This perspective is also recognized in guidelines for eating disorders available from other groups, notably the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England (1), the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2), and the Society for Adolescent Medicine (3).

? Well-conducted, small-scale studies that demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of a particular intervention cannot define community standards until clinicians trained in the application of that intervention are generally available. For example, some innovative, university-based programs have demonstrated that specialized interventions can avert or reduce the length of inpatient stays for some patients with anorexia nervosa. However, the availability of such programs is limited, and it is unclear if results of small-scale studies of these interventions are generalizable to other settings and patient groups. The recommendations of this practice guideline are made with the recognition that it is inappropriate to refuse patients and families access to a more intensive treatment simply because a less intensive treatment has been demonstrated to be effective in a few small-scale studies.

? Medical testing should be limited to that required for making clinical decisions for the individual patient. Clinicians differ in their test-ordering patterns for various reasons. In general, this practice guideline recommends the performance of only those laboratory tests and procedures most likely needed for clinical decision making. In patients with eating disorders, many clinical parameters are likely to be abnormal; however, they typically normalize without specific attention as the patient's clinical condition improves. This guideline does not suggest ordering tests for all parameters.

? Good clinical decisions regarding anorexia nervosa should not rely primarily on simplistic, artificial categories based on body weight percentages. In making a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, body weight is one of the factors that is taken into consideration. Various diagnostic criteria have suggested specific weight values that can be used as estimated thresholds for diagnosis. For example, DSM-IV-TR offers a weight of "less than 85% of that expected," whereas ICD-10 specifies weight "15% below that expected for health." Despite their

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