Regional Victorians overlooked in mental health care funding
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By Skye Kinder and Mathew Coleman
January 31, 2021 11.55pm
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Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, are not only distressing and sometimes disabling, but have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. The risk of death due to physical causes of anorexia nervosa is about five times higher than the general population, while the risk of suicide is 32 times higher.
The risk of death due to physical causes of anorexia nervosa is about five times higher than the general population.