Goals

• Restore adequate nutrition

• Bring weight to a healthy level

• Reduce excessive exercise

• Stop binging and purging behaviors

Anorexia Nervosa- some people are able to recover after just one episode, while others get well but have relapses over time. Even then, there are some who will have chronic or long lasting forms of the disease which causes their health to decline as they battle the illness.

Bulimia Nervosa – antidepressants medications have been proven to be effective

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Plans

• Individual, group, or family psychotherapy (“talk therapy”)

• Medical care and monitoring

• Nutritional counseling

• Medications (antidepressants)

• Hospitalization due to malnutrition to ensure they eat enough if they are very underweight