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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Jul 3;61(3):348–358. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.040

Table 8a.

Lifetime and 12-month treatment of DSM-IV eating disorders

Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa Binge-eating Disorder
% (se) % (se) % (se)
I. Lifetime treatment1 for any emotional problem
 General medical 45.3 (12.6) 43.9 (11.4) 36.3 (5.6)
 Psychiatrist 29.4 (12.8) 48.2 (8.1) 33.6 (6.3)
 Other mental health 34.3 (10.2) 48.3 (9.9) 35.0 (3.2)
 Human services 11.7 (7.5) 14.9 (3.0) 19.9 (4.2)
 CAM 26.0 (12.1) 21.6 (6.1) 19.7 (4.1)
 Any lifetime treatment 50.0 (14.6) 63.2 (7.8) 51.2 (6.5)
  (n) (23) (52) (115)
II. Twelve-month treatment1 for any emotional problem2
 General medical 26.1 (14.3) 20.8 (7.2)
 Psychiatrist 9.0 (5.5) 5.0 (2.6)
 Other mental health 3.7 (3.3) 24.0 (6.3)
 Human services 13.5 (10.0) 7.1 (4.6)
 CAM 0.0 -- 12.4 (5.1)
 Any 12-month treatment 15.6 (9.4) 28.5 (10.7)
  (n) (16) (51)
III. Treatment of eating disorders
 Lifetime 33.8 (14.2) 43.2 (9.7) 43.6 (6.2)
 Twelve-month 15.6 (9.4) 28.4 (6.4)
1

General medical treatment is treatment by a non-psychiatrist physician or nurse or other medical practitioner who is not a mental health specialist. Psychiatrist treatment is treatment by a psychiatrist. Other mental health treatment is treatment by any mental health specialist other than a psychiatrist (e.g., psychologist, psychiatric social worker). Human services treatment is treatment by a minister, priest, rabbi, or other spiritual advisor or by a caseworker in a social services agency. CAM (Complementary-alternative medical) treatment is treatment in a self-help group on treatment by an alternative medical provider (e.g., massage therapist, chiropractor).

2

There were no respondents with 12-month Anorexia Nervosa.