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eating disorders

Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, carry the highest mortality of any psychiatric condition, with complex biopsychosocial aetiology. Specialist eating disorder services, nutritional rehabilitation, and psychological therapies are the cornerstones of treatment. Growing recognition of neurobiological underpinnings is supporting pharmacological research, including GLP-1 receptor agonist trials in binge eating disorder.

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