Eating Disorders Awareness

WHAT IS AN EATING DISORDER?

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 General information about Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that are associated with significant physical complications. Eating disorders not only involve considerable psychological impairment and distress, but they are also associated with major wide-ranging and serious medical complications, which can affect every major organ in the body. Eating disorders are frequently associated with other psychological disorders such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse and personality disorders. A person with an eating disorder may experience long term impairment to social and functional roles and the impact may include psychiatric and behavioural effects, medical complications, social isolation, disability and an increased risk of death. The mortality rate for people with eating disorders is the highest of all psychiatric illnesses, and over 12 times higher than that for people without eating disorders.

While estimates of the incidence of eating disorders vary between countries and studies, there is agreement that eating disorders, disordered eating and body image issues have increased worldwide over the last 30 years.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) lists all the Feeding and Eating disorders that are diagnosed by psychologists. Of these there are several specified eating disorders; Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED). 

SOURCE: The National Eating Disorders Collaboration | www.nedc.com.au

Eating disorders and mortality rates

All eating disorders come with severe medical complications and increased mortality rates. 

• The risk of premature death for women with Anorexia Nervosa is 6-12 times higher than the general population

• The risk of premature death for women with Anorexia Nervosa is ‘much higher’ than other psychiatric disorders.

• For females with Anorexia Nervosa and diabetes, there is a 15.7-fold increase in mortality rates when compared with females with diabetes alone 

Eating disorders and suicide

The risk of premature death in people with eating disorders relates in part to medical complications associated with the disorder; however suicide has also been identified as a major cause of death in people with eating disorders. In fact, 1 in 5 individuals with Anorexia Nervosa who die prematurely have committed suicide. Research on suicide in people with Bulimia Nervosa and OSFED is less available; however rates of suicide in Bulimia Nervosa and OSFED are higher than in the general population.

SOURCE: The National Eating Disorders Collaboration | www.nedc.com.au

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