I don't think there is a medical cure but getting professional help from somebody is a good way to stop it.
To be blunt: they can kill you. You can die from an eating disorder - it is life & death. Explained: eating disorders are important to learn about because everybody needs & deserves help. Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression & only 1 in 10 people (that's both men & women!) with eating disorders receive treatment. On top of that, only 35% that receive treatment for eating disorders get it at a specialized facility for eating disorders.
The Center For Change, Eating Recovery Center and Breathe Life Health Center offer treatment for all types of eating disorders. Your doctor can also refer you to a center that is local to you.
There are thousands of eating disorder treatment around the world.
There are many "key players" and importnat people in the treatment for eating disorders. Medically, the doctors and nurses are extremely important in keeping the patient alive and helping them back to a medically healthy body. Therapists are also very important because eating disorders are truly mental disorders.
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An eating disorder is a serious mental illness that requires treatment. Eating Recovery Center, located in Denver, Colorado, offers treatment for eating disorders.
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Eating disorders affect ane stimated 1 in every 100 people.
Rogers Memorial Hospital is on the cutting edge of eating disorder treatment, especially men with eating disorders. Look into their website here: http://www.rogerseatingdisorders.org/. They employ many of the top doctors and researchers in the eating disorder field.
About 70% or so of people with eating disorders will seek treatment. Of that, more than 1/2 will relapse at least once. Only 20% will ever fully "recover".
Treatment for eating disorders take a very long time, involve many people, many steps, and many techniques. To accomplish all of this, assistants are needed.
Firstly you need to admit out loud to someone you have a problem. Then you need to go to a doctor who specializes in Eating Disorders and they will help you. typically the GOAL is stability.