The program in Sweden has reduced the overall number of hospitalizations and emergency room visits dramatically for people with eating disorders, according to Bulik. “Because they finally have agency over their own recovery,” she said. “It’s not this battle with the system. It’s finally saying, We respect you as a knowledgeable individual about your own body and your own health, and we’re going to give you a safe space to take a timeout, and then you can get back into life again.”
