Integrated Treatment Principles and Strategies for Patients with Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorder, and Addictions

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Currently, there are no evidence-based treatments or established treatment protocols for patients that present with both eating disorders and substance use disorders/addictions. The lack of available integrated treatment programs, at all levels of care, has left the dually diagnosed patient vacillating between these two disorders. Eating disorder treatment programs frequently exclude patients with active substance use disorders, and addiction programs regularly exclude or do not effectively treat patients with eating disorders. Often, these patients are referred to addiction treatment programs prior to entering into eating disorder treatment. This approach is problematic, as both disorders are associated with high rates of relapse following.