Anorexia Nervosa

Home Treatment

Continuing good care at home will help you to recover from anorexia nervosa. Set goals with your health professional, mental health professional, and registered dietitian. Include goals in the areas of:

• Learning new eating behaviors.
• Learning emotional self-care.
• Developing trust in people who are trying to help you.

Ask your family members to also support your emotional and physical goals for healing. If someone close to you has trouble understanding eating disorders, share what you have learned in treatment.

For family members

• Helping a loved one with anorexia includes showing support, avoiding power struggles, and focusing as little as possible on food and eating.
• Help for family members of a person with anorexia includes individual and family counseling and paying attention to the needs of all family members.

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Author:	Jeannette Curtis	Last Updated: September 25, 2007
Medical Review:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine W. Stewart Agras, MD - Psychiatry
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