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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2011;59(8):700–707. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2010.546461

TABLE 4.

Mental Health Service Use in Past Year, by Eating Disorder Status

Eating disorder screen
Positive
Negative
Female Male All Female Male All
N 181 47 228 1,312 1,287 2,599
Think you needed help for mental or emotional difficulties, past year 52.8 31.7 47.8 38.2 21.3 29.1
Psychotropic medication use
 Any in list below 16.4 13.9 15.8 10.6 6.7 8.5
 Psychostimulants 2.9 4.3 3.2 0.9 1.9 1.4
 Antidepressants 11.5 4.5 9.9 7.5 3.9 5.5
 Antipsychotics 2.1 0.0 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.0
 Antianxiety 2.1 0.0 1.6 2.1 0.9 1.5
 Mood stabilizers 2.2 2.3 2.3 0.5 0.2 0.3
 Sleep medications 3.7 8.7 4.9 3.0 1.5 2.2
Counseling/Therapy visits
 Any 15.6 11.3 14.6 14.1 6.6 10.0
 1 or 2 1.5 2.3 1.7 3.7 1.3 2.4
 3–5 1.6 2.3 1.7 3.9 1.8 2.7
 6–12 5.7 4.2 5.3 3.4 2.2 2.7
 12+ 6.9 2.5 5.8 3.2 1.3 2.1
Any medication or therapy/counseling 21.7 16.0 20.4 19.1 10.0 14.2
Any visit to health professional at all 86.6 71.7 83.1 88.0 70.3 78.4

Note. All results are expressed in % points and adjusted by response propensity weights.