Learn About Disordered Eating

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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, treatment plans are tailored to individual needs and may include one or more of the following:

• Individual, group, and/or family psychotherapy
• Medical care and monitoring
• Nutritional counseling
• Medications

According to the National Institute of Mental Health,  there is a commonly held misconception that eating disorders are a lifestyle choice. Eating disorders are serious and potentially fatal illnesses that are associated with severe disturbances in eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. Preoccupation with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder .