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An eating disorder is a severe disturbance in people's eating behaviors and their related thoughts and emotions. Preoccupation with food, body weight, and shape are other symptoms of eating disorders. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. A substantial number of individuals affected by an eating disorder may also be suffering with a mood disorder, especially major depressive disorder.²⁵ Eating disorders are often accompanied by thoughts of suicide or suicide attempts, as this is the most common cause of death among individuals with eating disorders. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric disorders.²⁶ Studies have shown that within the eating disorder population, people with anorexia have the highest rate of suicide death and those with bulimia have the greatest number of attempts. Furthermore, one study also found that half of the people struggling with binge eating disorder have attempted suicide. Suicide attempts by individuals with anorexia tend to be planned, while attempts by individuals with bulimia tend to be more impulsive.²⁷