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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get treatment soon. However, remember that YOU can't stop anorexia in its tracks. [b]It is your DD's struggle.[/b] It is great you are being so supportive, but do realize you can't stop this for her. You sound like a super parent in recognizing behaviors. Your job is to provide tools for her to help herself.[/quote] This is actually completely outdated and dangerously inaccurate thinking. Maudsley or family-based therapy is really the gold standard in treatment for eating disorders in children and teens. Eating disorders are brain disorders; a person in the throes of an ED have very limited ability to help themselves. Therefore, the first and most important treatment is weight restoration. Parents must step in and ensure that weight is restored. Then control can slowly be shifted to the patient, and therapeutic work on mental health issues, family relations, etc. can begin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maudsley_family_therapy[/quote]
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