24-06-2015 17:08 via feeds.socialpsychology.org

UK Trial "Transforms Lives" of Young Anorexia and Bulimia Sufferers

Source: The GuardianNine-month trial led by King’s College London shows that speeding up treatment for eating disorders has a wide range of benefits. “If you have a child with cancer, you wouldn’t wait until they had reached stage four cancer before starting treatment. It’s no different with an eating disorder, because if you delay treatment, then the illness becomes more ingrained and more difficult to treat.” Ulrike Schmidt, professor of eating...
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