Eating disorder behaviors as a form of non-suicidal self-injury

•Disordered eating behaviors, such as binging, purging, overexercising, or restricting food intake, may function as a form of nonsuicidal self-injury.•Among patients receiving partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment for nonsuicidal self-injury, nearly one-third indicate engaging in disordered eating behaviors for the purpose of causing pain or damage to their body.•Patients that engage in disordered eating behaviors as a form of self-injury are more severe at the time of admission; however, they appear to benefit equally from treatment as those who self-injury but don't engage in disordered eating behaviors.•Clinical services of nonsuicidal self-injury and eating disorders should consider assessing for and treating self-injurious disordered eating behaviors.