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Eating Disorders Recovery
Health Encyclopedia: Eating Disorders Treatment
- Eating Disorders - Treatment
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Risk Factors
- Causes
- Complications of Bulimia
- Complications of Anorexia
Treatment
The first major difficulty in treating eating disorders is resistance by everyone involved:
- The anorexic patient often believes that the emaciation is normal and even attractive.
- The bulimic patient may feel that purging is the only way to prevent obesity.
- Even worse, the anorexic condition may be encouraged by friends who envy thinness or by dance or athletic coaches who encourage low body fat.
- The family itself may deny the problem and be obstructive or manipulative, adding to the difficu...
Expert & Community Posts
The Dark Side of Consumer Web Sites: the Pro-Ana Movement
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...mind, is the crop of sites that actually encourage eating disorders (usually referring to... Read more »
Get the Lowdown on Anorexia
By Patrika Tsai , Health Expert...and awareness of signs and symptoms associated with eating disorders are important. Supporting... Read more »
Diabulimia -- My Story
By Tressa , Health Expert...psychiatric hospitals aren't really equipped to deal with eating disorders, so basically they... Read more »
Antipsychotics in Kids: The New York Times Gets it Right - and Wrong
By John McManamy , Health Expert...disorder. There is no FDA indication for treating eating disorders with antipsychotics, but... Read more »
CHOICES II-0 - Starting Over
By Robin Cunningham , Health Expert... I started a series of blogs entitled Choices in Recovery on September 23, 2007. This series... Read more »
Health Guide
Sexual Addiction
...addiction, however, must learn to have a healthy sex life. In this way, sexual addiction more resembles eating disorders, where the sufferer must relearn healthy eating habits. Cognitive... Read more »Stress Part 7: Finding the Life That Fits
...Next thing, we're not coping.Depression, mania, anxiety, irrational thinking, alcoholism, drug use, eating disorders, aggression - these are just some of the things that can go wrong.Heart attack... Read more »Eating Disorders: Complications of Anorexia
...treatments have lower chances for success.Effect on PregnancyMost pregnant women with a history of eating disorders have healthy pregnancies. However, some studies -- but not all -- suggest that... Read more »Eating Disorders: Treatment for Anorexia
...approach with consistent support and counseling is essential for long-term recovery from all severe eating disorders. Depending on the severity and type of disorder, team members may... Read more »Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk
...and may cause dangerous heart arrhythmias. Seizures have also been reported, usually in patients with eating disorders (anorexia or bulimia) or those with risk factors for seizures.Nefazodone... Read more »Images
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