Health and Wellbeing
Signposting and Referrals to Eating Disorder Treatment Services
Write a CAMHS referral for a suspected eating disorder that gives the team what they need to judge how urgent it is.
- 9 minutes
- 1 module
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Build a working relationship with your local CAMHS team before you need it
- Include weight, rate of weight loss, food intake and daily impact in a referral
- Phone ahead to check the right form and where to send it
- Use BEAT's help finder to find eating disorder services near you
- Keep supporting the pupil in school while they wait for treatment
About this course
When a pupil's eating worries you, you want help to come quickly. A referral that's missing key details, or goes to the wrong place, can slow that down.
You'll know what the CAMHS team needs to judge urgency: up-to-date contact details, current height and weight, how fast weight has been lost, food intake, other health concerns and how daily life is affected. A quick phone call before you send it tells you which form to use and where it goes, and getting to know your local team before you need them makes every referral easier.
Routine eating disorder cases should start treatment within four weeks, and urgent ones within a week, so you'll know when to chase. BEAT's help finder points you to local services, and school still has a part to play while a young person waits.
- For early career teachers, mental health leads and 5 other roles. Secondary.
1 module
- 9 min
Signposting and referrals to eating disorder treatment services