# Read an eating disorder program listing

Learn what a listing on this directory shows, what it leaves out and what each field means, so you can ask a program the right questions.

- Level: Foundations
- Length: 35 minutes
- Exam questions: 9, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Explain what it means that a program has a listing on this site.
- Name the four settings that SAMHSA's data reports, and why intensive outpatient may not show.
- Read an empty field as unknown, not as none.
- Tell a record from an endorsement, and a paid label from a quality signal.

## Lessons

1. [What a listing is and is not](https://eatingdisorder.fyi/academy/read-an-eating-disorder-program-listing/what-a-listing-is.md) (12 minutes)
2. [Levels of care on a listing](https://eatingdisorder.fyi/academy/read-an-eating-disorder-program-listing/levels-of-care-on-a-listing.md) (12 minutes)
3. [Empty fields, labels and paid placement](https://eatingdisorder.fyi/academy/read-an-eating-disorder-program-listing/empty-fields-and-paid-labels.md) (11 minutes)

## Questions

### Is this course medical advice?

No. It teaches you to read a directory listing and to ask a program good questions. A doctor or other qualified clinician decides which treatment fits a person.

### Does the certificate show I can assess a person or choose treatment?

No. It is a certificate of completion from this site. It records that you passed the exam. It is not a licence, an accreditation or a clinical qualification.

### Where do the facts on a listing come from?

Listings come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov data, which is based on the national N-SUMHSS survey. Each listing has a source note that names the source and the date the data was retrieved.

Also on the [web page](https://eatingdisorder.fyi/academy/read-an-eating-disorder-program-listing).

> Talk to a doctor or other qualified clinician before you start, stop or change treatment. In a medical or mental health emergency call 911 in the US, or call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.