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 is an author, researcher and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues -- as well as the intersection of technology and human behavior -- since 1992. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking and is a founding board member and treasurer of the Society for Participatory Medicine.Like this author?
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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/
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/
