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Treatment

Maintenance/Relapse

Be aware of possible recovery backsliding

Maintain positive communications

Redefine the boundaries at home as necessary

Continue to adjust to new developments

Applaud the person's efforts and successes

Action Stage

Reinforce positive changes without focusing on weight, shape or appearance

Be warm and caring, yet appropriate and determined with boundaries, rules, and guidelines

Remove triggers from your environment: no diet foods, scales, and stress

Follow treatment team's recommendations

Preparation Stage

Ask the person and treatment team how you can be be best involved in the recovery process

Explore your own thoughts and beliefs about food, weight, shape, and appearance

When supporting a person with their recovery, identify your role

Contemplation Stage

Seek your own encouragement from support groups for family and friends

Do not "fix" the problem yourself

Be a good listener

Educate yourself about the disorder

If person is under 18, insist they receive professional help from a qualified eating disorder specialist

Pre-Contemplation Stage

Openly share your thoughts and concerns with your child or loved one

Avoid rationalizing their eating disordered behaviors

Be aware of the signs and symptoms

Do no be in denial of of a friend's or families eating disorder

5 Stages of Change

Maintenance

Action

Preparation

Contemplation

Pre-Contemplation

Main topic

Risk Factor

Biological

Type 1 diabetes

Negative energy balance

History of dieting

Having a close relative with a mental health condition

Having close relative with an eating disorder

Social

Limited social networks

Appearance ideal internalization

Weight stigma

Historicaltrauma

Acculturation

Teasing or bullying

Psychological

Behavioral inflexibility

Personal history of an anxiety disorder

Body image dissatisfaction

Perfectionism

History

Ancient Egyptians drew hieroglyphics that depicted their use of monthly purges to avoid illness

Romans overindulged at lavish banquets and then relieved themselves by vomiting so they could return to the feast and continue eating.

Statistics

10 Million men affected

20 Million women affected

Disorders

Pica

Eating unusual things

Avoidance

Purposely not eating

Purging

Eating a lot and then vomiting everything back up

Bilimia

Eating then vomiting back up

Anorexia

Not being able to eat

Orthorexia

Obsession with proper or "healthy" eating

Rumination

Regular regurgitation of food