Toward a Unified, Inclusive, and Standardized Approach for Assessing Help‐Seeking Behavior in Eating Disorder Populations: A Commentary on Ali et al. (2024).
Ali et al. (2025) found that help‐seeking rates remain low among individuals meeting the diagnostic criteria for eating disorders (EDs). Their review highlighted variability in definitions of help‐seeking and a lack of adequate representation of marginalized groups across the included studies. Build...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Eating Disorders Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 506 - 510 |
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