Why Young People With Eating Disorder Symptoms Do Not Seek Help—Exploring Barriers to Help‐Seeking.
Objective: Rates of help‐seeking and treatment uptake are low in eating disorders. Delayed initiation of treatment has a negative impact on prognosis and treatment outcome and leads to a higher burden on the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to explore factors associated with help‐seeking...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Eating Disorders Vol. 58; no. 11; pp. 2147 - 2157 |
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Nov2025
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Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02763478 IJD jtl: International Journal of Eating Disorders issn: 02763478 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Nov2025 vid: 58 iid: 11 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 189329954 10.1002/eat.24515 ppf: 2147 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Why Young People With Eating Disorder Symptoms Do Not Seek Help—Exploring Barriers to Help‐Seeking. aug: au: Stadler, Johanna Moessner, Markus Becker, Katja Hiery, Alisa Diestelkamp, Silke Eschenbeck, Heike Gillé, Vera Kaess, Michael Koenig, Julian Rummel‐Kluge, Christine Kohls, Elisabeth Thomasius, Rainer Bauer, Stephanie Salize, Hans‐Joachim Bonnet, Sabrina Feldhege, Johannes Gallinat, Christina Hammon, Stella Lustig, Sophia Özer, Fikret affil: Heidelberg University, Institute of Psychology, Heidelberg, Germany Center for Psychotherapy Research, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Philipps‐University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany University Hospital Hamburg‐Eppendorf, German Center for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, Hamburg, Germany Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany German Center for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Center Hamburg‐Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Site Mannheim/Heidelberg/Ulm, Heidelberg, Germany su: Treatment of eating disorders Cross-sectional method Health literacy Mental health Suicidal ideation Socioeconomic factors Help-seeking behavior Emotions Eating disorders Teenagers' conduct of life Mental depression Social stigma Adolescence Patient education Research funding Body mass index Questionnaires Descriptive statistics Research Treatment delay (Medicine) Data analysis software Decision trees sug: subj: Treatment of eating disorders Cross-sectional method Health literacy Mental health Suicidal ideation Socioeconomic factors Help-seeking behavior Emotions Eating disorders Teenagers' conduct of life Mental depression Social stigma Adolescence Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Patient education Research funding Body mass index Questionnaires Descriptive statistics Research Treatment delay (Medicine) Data analysis software Decision trees keyword: adolescents Classification and Regression Trees decision tree eating disorders help‐seeking youth adolescents Classification and Regression Trees decision tree eating disorders help‐seeking youth ab: Objective: Rates of help‐seeking and treatment uptake are low in eating disorders. Delayed initiation of treatment has a negative impact on prognosis and treatment outcome and leads to a higher burden on the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to explore factors associated with help‐seeking and their interactions in a large sample of adolescents and young adults with current symptoms of an eating disorder. Methods: Based on the Classification and Regression Trees (CART) algorithm, the data collected within the German school‐based project ProHEAD (N = 9796; age: 12–25 years) were used to estimate a decision tree to classify students into help‐seekers and non‐help‐seekers for a mental health issue. Results: Of those screened, 13% reported substantial current eating disorder symptoms (N = 1273). Out of those, 77.3% reported that they did not seek formal help (i.e., from a mental health professional). The absence of suicidal ideation and emotional problems, as well as a low level of education and openness to mental health issues, was characteristic of those who did not seek help for a mental health problem. Emotional problems, suicidality, and depressive symptoms were identified as the most important factors associated with general help‐seeking. Discussion: In line with previous research, our findings indicate that individuals with eating disorder symptoms are more likely to seek help when other mental health issues are present. Public health efforts should aim to promote awareness and increase knowledge of eating disorders. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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