Why Young People With Eating Disorder Symptoms Do Not Seek Help-Exploring Barriers to Help-Seeking.

ABSTRACT:

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 eatin

SUBMITTER: Stadler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605834 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature