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Experts Urge Care Dealing With Anorexics

By John M Grohol PsyD
October 28, 2004

Experts Urge Care Dealing With Anorexics

Thousands of Americans notice friends or daughters going beyond skinny to skeletal, and the urge to confront loved ones showing signs of anorexia - “Will you please just eat?!” - can be powerful.

But mental health professionals counsel gentle persuasion over hard lobbying. Friends and family need to realize that an anorexic looking in the mirror does not see the same emaciated figure they do.

Dr. John Grohol is the CEO and founder of Psych Central. He has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues, and the intersection of technology and psychology since 1992.

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