ANRED, a national organization for Eating Disorders, supplies lots of information on anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating.

Also known as nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder or NS-RED, night eating disorder is not an eating problem strictly speaking. It is known as a sleep disorder type that enables people to eat while seemingly asleep. While sleeping, they could eat while in bed, or in some cases, roaming around the house or staying at the kitchen. The people suffering from this disorder are not conscious during NS-RED episodes. That is why night eating disorder is always related to sleepwalking.

This article provides insight into personality, environmental, and biochemical risk factors for eating disorders.

This article discusses causes of eating disorders and defines them. Personality, genetic and biochemistry issues are discussed.

Depression and an Eating Disorder can occur at the same time. This article discusses the biochemistry behind this.

First you must decide if you want to make helping people a career or a volunteer activity. If you want a career, prepare yourself by getting at least a masters degree in psychology, counseling, psychiatric nursing, or clinical social work. If you want more training, you could become a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist. The people in your campus academic counseling center can help you arrange the classes you need for these options.

This information is provided by Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric & Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University.) Although there does appear to be a genetic component, just because an individual may be genetically predisposed does not mean that she or he will necessarily express the genes. Both anorexia and bulimia nervosa do run in families, and twin studies suggest that genetics do contribute to the familial tendencies.

There is no simple explanation and there has been a lot of research into the “causes” of eating disorders. We know that we cannot simply blame “the culture”, fashion magazines, family relationships, early traumatic experiences, or abuse or buried psychological problems like depression or anxiety.

Eat an extremely large amount of food within a 2-hour period (a binge) at least 2 times a week on average for at least 6 months. Common personality traits found in those with binge eating disorder and other eating disorders include excessive concern about body size and shape, low self-esteem, and depression.3 Binge eating disorder is different than bulimia because people with binge eating disorder do not regularly vomit or use other ways to get rid of calories.

Great site with information on why Prevention is so important and information on ways to prevent EDs.

First try to convince to consult a doctor and if your friend doesn't want to get better, inform his/her family about what you observed so that they can convince him/her in turn. It’s extremely important that eating disorders are treated at early stages because they can become dangerous if left to develop. From the above eating disorder FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), you can find some related information regarding eating disorder.

We know that eating issues and related problems can be complex with both psychological and physical components. We provide an interdisciplinary team of professionals who can work together with you towards your goals. Our professional team includes therapists, physicians, a nutritionist and a psychiatrist. We meet regularly to collaborate on the care of the students we are working with, and we consult with each other, as needed, to provide comprehensive care.