There seems to be a discussion that simply will not die in the world of eating disorders (particularly when it comes to anorexia nervosa) around whether the “desire for thinness”…
If your child or adolescent is admitted to a hospital for the medical complications of an eating disorder, you need to carefully assess adequacy of care at that hospital. Common…
Friends: at the F.E.A.S.T. conference in Washington DC, I was approached by a mother (we’ll call her Kathy) who thanked me for helping her out from a distance with my…
This is a difficult time of the year for our patients and, I imagine, for eating disordered patients everywhere. All over the country people are making plans for family to…
I made this dialogue up, pieced it together from things that have been said to mothers and fathers seeking our care for their eating disordered children many times over the…
I sit at my desk drinking coffee; our patient census over the years is approaching two thousand children and young adults, the majority of whom have had anorexia nervosa or…
We get a lot of questions about how to handle college for an eating disordered young adult. There is no one right way to handle all situations, but I will…
Family-based treatment for the young adult patientFor most of us when we are 17, 18, 19 or slightly older, independence from our family of origin can’t come a moment too…
I am often asked: “do we really need to have all this treatment for our child’s eating disorder? Can’t she/he just talk to someone once a week and not have…
What does it mean to say a family member of a patient with anorexia nervosa is “affected” or “partially affected” with an eating disorder? When Other Family Members are Affected…
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