The Rutgers Eating Disorders Clinic, at Rutgers University in New Jersey, is doing an important research study on bulimia and binge eating, sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. The benefit of this research is to help lead to a better understanding of eating disorders and the factors that maintain and treat them. In return for participating, you will receive free treatment at the Rutgers University Eating Disorders Clinic, which is directed by Dr. G. Terence Wilson, a leading international expert in the treatment of eating disorders. Subjects will be asked to bring in these records to the clinic. The location of the Rutgers Eating Disorders Clinic is at Rutgers University in central New Jersey.
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Thank you very much for your interest and response. Actually, once they are in the program, many involuntarily hospitalized patients acknowledge their need for treatment. On average, patients who were admitted to hospital involuntarily were lower in weight than those who went voluntarily, and needed a significantly longer hospitalization to achieve similar weight restoration. However, there was no significant difference in the rate of improvement. Though this study doesn't resolve the legal or moral issues around involuntary treatment, the results do support ''the need to treat some seriously ill patients against their will,'' according to the researchers.