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Experts Urge Care Dealing With Anorexics

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
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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.


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 28 Oct 2004
    Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.

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Grohol, J. (2004). Experts Urge Care Dealing With Anorexics. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2004/10/28/experts-urge-care-dealing-with-anorexics/

 

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