Eating disorders remain neglected despite sharp rise in Europe

Stella, a 20 year old from Stockholm, has anorexia nervosa. Since her diagnosis several years ago she has been in and out of two specialist clinics. But last autumn, because of the long waiting lists at the clinics, she had to be admitted to a general hospital where, her parents say, “nobody, even the psychiatrists, had a clue about eating disorders.” Stella is still severely underweight and also has problems with overexercising. Now, after a few weeks at home following her stay at the general hospital, she is back in a specialist clinic.The common denominator between all the centres she has been admitted to is that she is always discharged too early, her parents say. “When they think that she is on the right track, they reduce the treatment or discharge her immediately,” they tell The BMJ. “After a few weeks at home, she must start all over again. It…
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