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"... lost in the darkness of my own circumstance, criticizing echoes leaving me awake in the night... the barrier and blockades that keep me safe and in control while I pretend that I am okay... " – Lani, in her journal

Anorexia treatment calls for a specific program that involves three main phases:

  1. Restoring weight lost to severe dieting and purging;
  2. Treating psychological disturbances such as distortion of body image, low self-esteem, and interpersonal conflicts; and
  3. achieving long-term remission and rehabilitation, or full recovery
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The overall anorexia treatment must focus on more than weight gain. There are a variety of treatment approaches dependent upon the resources available to the individual.

Treatment may consist of any combination of the following:

Most individuals initially seek outpatient treatment involving psychological as well as medical intervention.

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Unfortunately, access to treatment may be restricted by financial means and/or insurance limitations. Because of increasing insurance restrictions, many patients find that a short hospitalization followed by a day treatment program (either partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient program) is an effective alternative to longer inpatient programs.

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