If it’s not treated, an eating disorder can have a bad impact on someone’s life, schoolwork and can upset relationships with family and friends.
Eating disorders can destroy your body and sometimes even lead to death.
You can get treatment for eating disorders, although getting better can take a long time. It’s important for the person affected to want to get better and the support of family and mates is priceless.
Treatment usually involves monitoring a person’s bodily health while helping them to deal with the mental causes. This could involve some sort of therapy with a counselor or psychotherapist, such as:
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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): therapy that focuses on changing how someone thinks about a situation, which in turn will affect how they act
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Interpersonal psychotherapy: a talking therapy that focuses on relationship-based issues
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Dietary counseling: a talking therapy to help people maintain a healthy diet
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Psycho-dynamic therapy: counseling that focuses on how a person’s personality and life experiences influence their current thoughts, feelings, relationships and behaviour.
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