When should I seek treatment for bulimia?

When should I seek treatment for bulimia?

I think at the earliest possible time when the habits have not set in, because, for instance, the regurging and compensatory habitual behavior can become a thing in itself. For instance, even in later life, individuals that have had bulimia in their earlier years will still regurgitate in response to tension and so on, maintaining some of those compensatory behaviors later in life. So we want to intervene as early as possible before this so-called habit circuit has set in. That's why education... we are educating children, we are educating parents in elementary school and junior high school to be aware of early signs, to have healthy eating habits. Nutritionists have become very important in helping both working along with psychiatrists, working along with the schools. The earlier the intervention, the better. The truth is though, in many instances in the past, treatment did not occur until the individual was suffering with this for a year, two years and three years. I would say today intervention is occurring in the early teens. It's occuring much more frequently. I think that's a very positive sign.