Overview

• International survey of over 7,600 adults with eating disorders across 83 countries detailed self-medication patterns and outcomes.
• Respondents rated cannabis and psychedelics such as magic mushrooms or LSD as having the greatest relief for eating disorder symptoms.
• Antidepressants and other prescribed drugs were viewed as largely ineffective for core symptoms but helpful for general mental health.
• Alcohol, tobacco, nicotine and cocaine ranked worst for symptom relief and were linked to poorer mental health outcomes.
• The University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative is launching a clinical trial of psilocybin and is finalizing a cannabidiol pilot study for anorexia nervosa.