Ms Serena Bryans:

We are seeing many cases of eating disorders in the Rutland Centre. Mr. Cooney and I work together in the outpatient programme and there in particular we see clients presenting with another addiction and not primarily with an eating disorder. The eating disorder is underneath it or has been in the past. These people may have dealt with or recovered from the eating disorder only for it to come up in an alcohol disorder, drug use or something like that. It is not always the primary problem but if it is not treated effectively - again, there are not enough places in Ireland to deal with eating disorders effectively - it can be put to the side and only to come out in the form of comorbidity with alcohol. We are seeing a lot of that at present.