Thanks Julius, I appreciate you sharing this article. I'm curious about why there isn't anything published, positive or negative. I'll keep searching. Have a great day.

In PubMed there are 13040 papers on support groups for eating disorders:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=support+groups+for+eating+disorders

Good luck!

Thanks Beatrice - I am looking for peer support, which is support groups or interventions led by those who have recovered. Some call it self-help, it can be classified as such except the group leaders have expertise facilitating groups AND have recovered from their eating disorder.

Are you looking for sites like this: http://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/recovery/self-help-tools-skills-tips

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