Non-suicidal self-injury among individuals with an eating disorder: A systematic review and prevalence meta-analysis.
Ryan H KirkpatrickÉdith BretonAleksandar BioracDouglas P MunozLinda BooijPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2023)
This study highlights the prevalence of self-injury across eating disorders irrespective of diagnosis and within specific EDs. While diagnoses known to exhibit self-injurious behaviors (e.g., bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa binge/purge subtype) demonstrated the highest prevalence of self-injury, all diagnoses were found to have a prevalence greater than 20%. These findings suggest the importance of assessing and monitoring all individuals with an eating disorder for the presence of self-injury.