Treatment Starts With Changing Unhealthy Eating Habits
Helping a patient get stable physically lays the foundation for emotional change
Dr. Douglas Bunnell, clinical director of the Monte Nido treatment center for eating disorders, discusses the latest thinking in intervention, and it begins with getting patients medically healthy—back to a stable weight. Then, the family needs to work together to provide the psychological stability that helps young people with eating disorders maintain that health.