Suicide and Eating Disorders: A Co-Occurring Condition

Bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and anorexia nervosa are the most well known eating disorders in the United States and affect approximately 20 million women and 10 million men. These unhealthy disorders are characterized by low self-esteem, body image discrepancies, poor coping skills and severe underlying psychosocial stressors that lead to binging and purging. Self-induced vomiting, […]…