A Narrative Review of Early Intervention for Eating Disorders: Barriers and Facilitators

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Table 1 Keywords for Preliminary Search Strategy and Patient/Family, Clinician, Service, and Healthcare System-Related Factors

Search Query	Keywords
Preliminary search	Eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, early intervention, barrier, facilitator
Patient/family-related factors	Patient, service user, family, parent, help-seeking, treatment-seeking, engagement, motivation, denial, stigma, shame
Clinician-related factors	Clinician, primary care, general practitioner, healthcare professional, knowledge, attitude, skills, practice, education, training, screening, diagnosis
Service-related factors	Healthcare service, waitlist, waiting time, (non)-attendance, drop-out, accessibility, assessment, appointment, contact, outreach
System-related factors	Research, funding, economics, cost-benefit, mental health, healthcare policy, service transformation, reform, initiative

Notes: Early intervention-related keywords were searched in combination with keywords from the preliminary search and, where applicable, utilised wildcard (*) to capture all variations of the search term.

Figure 1 Barriers and facilitators to early intervention for eating disorders, in relation to patient/family, clinician, service, and healthcare system-related factors.