The Psychiatrist (1994) 18: 748-750. doi: 10.1192/pb.18.12.748
© 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Eating disorder referrals to a district adult psychiatric service

J.C. Bray, Lecturer in Psychiatry

University of Leicester

A. Simon, Registrar in Psychiatry

Leicester General Hospital

S. Dawson, Registrar in Psychiatry

Leicester General Hospital

R.L. Palmer, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry*

University of Leicester

* Correspondence: Dr R.L. Palmer, University Department of Psychiatry, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW

This paper documents the rate of referral to an eating disorders service for adults which predominantly serves a large defined catchment area. It also defines the proportion of all new patients which presented with such disorders. People with eating disorders amounted to about one in ten of young women and one in 30 of all patients presenting to psychiatric services for the first time.