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Treatments Of Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorders - Treatment
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- Complications of Bulimia
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Treatment
Treatment goals for eating disorders include:
- Restore normal weight for anorexia nervosa
- Reduce, and hopefully stop, binge eating and purging for bulimia nervosa
- Treat physical complications and any associated psychiatric disorders
- Teach patients proper nutritional habits and how to develop healthy eating patterns and meal plans
- Change patients dysfunctional thoughts about the eating disorder
- Improve self-control, self-esteem, and behavior
- Provide family counseling
- Prevent relapse
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Eating Disorders: References
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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