About The Alliance

The National Alliance for Eating Disorders ("The Alliance") works to ensure that no one suffers alone by providing free access to life-saving, clinician-led support programs and early intervention initiatives, including:

  • Therapist-staffed, toll-free helpline
  • Largest, national and interactive provider database for all levels of care, findEDhelp.com
  • Free, weekly, therapist-led virtual & in-person support groups
  • Training for healthcare providers
  • Research-based, body image and eating disorders high school curriculum

The Alliance is the leading non-profit organization providing referrals, education, and support for individuals experiencing eating disorders and their loved ones. Our support programs and early intervention initiatives have been uniquely developed and are overseen by clinicians, as well as people of lived experience.

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This year, The Alliance has experienced the largest growth and impact since we were founded in 2000. Since January, The Alliance has:

  • Answered more than 6,656 calls on their free national helpline (a 175% increase from 2023).
    • 29% of all callers were for kids 17 years old and under.
    • 47% of our helpline callers have Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, or are uninsured
  • Welcomed 23,081 individuals, across all 50 states and 87 countries, attended The Alliance's 21 free, weekly, therapist-led support groups (a 26% increase from 2023).
  • Provided 264,636 free referrals to all levels of eating disorder treatment.

In addition, The Alliance became the leading eating disorder resource for most of the major social media platforms, including TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Pinterest, and Snapchat.

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Eating disorders are complex, brain-based illnesses that will affect 29 million Americans in their lifetime. They can affect all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, wealth, job status, sexual orientation, ability, neurodiversity, and body shape/size.

Eating disorders have the second highest lethality rate among all mental illnesses, with someone dying every 52 minutes as a direct result. Devastatingly, over 70% of those struggling will not receive access to the care they need.

Our goal is to ensure everyone can access care and find community, so no one has to suffer alone.

For more information, please visit www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com or call 866.662.1235.

 

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