Eating disorder diagnosis, to date, has had to include a mental health issue for the insurance companies to cover a residential treatment. Depression was almost always part of any eating disorder sufferer's diagnosis. If this disease is seen as a medical condition there would be a much better chance the sufferer will receive the medical attention necessary and they will be seen much earlier in the progression of the disease. At a recent conference in London experts came together to discuss the shortcoming in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
Eating disorder diagnosis lags behind all other major diseases and patients are arriving to treatment emaciated and in critical condition. The current lack of information regarding eating disorder equals low recognition and slow diagnosis leads to deterioration in the condition of the patient. As mainstream medical personal are educated in the various types of eating disorders and we move from psychiatric to medical criteria for treating this disorder, patients will be treated at a higher success rate.
Early recognition and comprehensive diagnosis retards the progression of an eating disorder. When a person enters eating disorder treatment today, in critical condition, they are looking at up to five years for full recovery. We can shorten the time to full recovery and the physical and emotional turmoil by acting sooner with proper treatment. With a shift in the mind set in the medical community and insurance companies treatment will be more readily available to those in need. It is time to classify this disease as primary and not part of a mental health disorder.
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