Support and Treatment Options

When considering treatment approaches for an eating disorder, it is important to understand that different people respond to different treatment approaches.

Eating disorders are complex and multifaceted.

The stages of change model can be helpful in understanding how a person living with an eating disorder may be thinking and feeling at different stages of illness and recovery.

The number of people with an eating disorder who access treatment in a year is considerably less (19-36%) than people with other types of mental health disorders, such as depression [1-3].

Recovery from an eating disorder means different things to different people.

Lapses and relapse are part of the recovery process for many people.

The cost of individual treatment is dependent on the type of treatment needed, frequency and setting.

The Stepped System of Care for Eating Disorders outlines the different levels of treatment that people can access.