Resources for clinicians
What Medical Personnel and Clinicians Need to Know About Eating Disorders Educational Video.
SCOFF Questionnaire - a simple assessment that can be used to determine the possible presence of an eating disorder or disordered eating. Further assessment is recommended.
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (5th edition) - current diagnostic criteria for eating disorders.
2023 Eating Disorders Toolkit: Standards of Practice in the Primary Care Setting - 2nd Edition by Dr. Jennifer Mooney and the Provincial Steering Committee.
B.C. Children’s Emergency Room Guidelines for Eating Disorders in Young Persons.
Providence Health’s Emergency Room Guidelines for Eating Disorders in Adults. (Please note that this guideline is very limited and focuses primarily on BMI in eating disorder patients. Eating disorders are mental health disorders, not weight disorders.)
Island Health Regional Coordinator, Eating Disorders Program, Child & Youth MHSU - can assist in finding treatment options for patients and providing information for clincians.
phone: 250-519-5390 ext. 36925
Island Health adult eating disorder psychiatrist - provides in-person & tele-health consultation.
Tele-health consultation - phone: 1-250-370-8199
In-person referral in Victoria is through the South Island Eating Eating Disorder Program - phone: 250-370-0000
Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders Resource Pamphlets (downloadable).
Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders, Andrew Seubert & Pam Virdi. Springer Publishing Company.
Balanced View - online learning resource designed to raise awareness about weight bias and stigma in health care and to help health care professionals reduce weight bias and stigma in practice.
Kelty Mental Health - information & resources on various mental health issues including eating disorders
B.C. Centres for Excellence in Eating Disorders - subscribe to their newsletter for regular updates on new research & available resources.
Referral forms: Looking Glass Residence and St. Paul’s & Discovery/Vista referral guidelines & forms, Island Health CARES (outpatient mental health & addiction services) referral form.
