News Report | October 20, 2019
About 40% Of People With An Eating Disorder Seek Any Treatment
For all eating disorder types (i.e., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder), about 40% reported seeking any treatment. Individually, 34.5% of those with anorexia nervosa; 62.6% of those with bulimia nervosa, and 49% of those with binge-eating disorder seek any help for their condition. Alternative outcomes to seeking help include joining self-help/support groups and 12-step groups, an emergency department visit, hospitalization, or being prescribed medication or drugs for a disorder.
These findings were reported in “Rates of Help-Seeking in US Adults With Lifetime DSM-5 Eating Disorders: Prevalence Across Diagnoses . . .