I'd like to welcome you to our committee. Thank you for coming and sharing your personal experiences.
We've heard so many stories from individuals who have had eating disorders, as well as all the people who are treating them. It's amazing how many people have to do everything on their own, as if there was nothing out there. I've heard the Maudsley family-based treatment mentioned several times. Interestingly enough, everyone is finding it on their own on the Internet, because certainly, for all the work that they've done and how much help it has given everyone, it doesn't seem there's a big awareness of it. Everybody simply seems to use Google and Maudsley comes up. It seems to be doing wonders for many people.
Ms. Crawford, maybe I will start with you.
I think you said you were 16 when it was determined you had an eating disorder. How long did you say that you felt you had the eating disorder before they put you on the psychiatric ward?