About this webinar
In December 2024, Dr Dr Josephine Neale delivered a RCPCH-BPSU webinar "ARFID in Children and Young People Study – What did we learn?", discussing the BPSU ARFID study which took place in 2021, and explaining what ARFID looks like in the different groups, and the current state of the service provision.
This webinar builds on the previous and aims to answer frequently asked questions about ARFID.
Learning outcomes
- Define ARFID and distinguish it from picky eating and anorexia nervosa.
- Recognise common presentations and key medical/nutritional red flags.
- Conduct an efficient initial assessment and identify appropriate investigations.
- Understand core management principles and MDT roles.
- Navigate local referral pathways confidently.
Target audience
- General Paediatricians
- Paediatric trainees
- Resident doctors
- Locally employed doctors
- Community Paediatricians
- Paediatric Endocrionologists
- Midwives and Health Visitors
- GPs & GP trainees
- Public Health doctors
- Dieticians
- Pharmacists
It is also suitable for an international audience, with caveats on data (which is UK & Ireland) and treatment approaches which will be most relevant to the UK context.
Speaker
Dr Josephine Neale MBBS BSc MRCPsych
Dr Neale is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead for Private Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services at Priory. She is also the Founder and Medical Director of Neale Health, the UK’s first online-only, CQC-regulated children’s mental health service.
Dr Neale holds dual academic appointments as Honorary Associate Professor at University College London and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. Her research interests focus particularly on Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and the interface between mental health and paediatric medicine. She has authored research papers and textbook chapters and regularly presents at national and international conferences.
For more information
Please contact the RCPCH Education and Professional Development team by email: rcpchlearning@rcpch.ac.uk