What resources are available for anorexia?

Resources List: Recommended Websites

• Academy of Eating Disorders (AED)
• Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD)
• The Body Positive.
• Eating Disorders Anonymous.

Can hospitals force feed you?

The hospital’s duty is to intervene, and the court’s responsibility is to allow such intervention. The most compassionate way in which the hospital can help is to force-feed the patient. If a patient is mentally competent, the refusal to eat is morally wrong.

Can you force feed an anorexic patient?

Legalities of Force-Feeding an Anorexic Patient. In the most severe cases of anorexia nervosa, a person may literally be incapable of feeding themselves, putting themselves at high risk of death by starvation.

What are inpatient hospitalization and residential treatment centers for eating disorders?

As a result, sometimes people with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, may require treatment in a hospital or residential treatment center (RTC). Both inpatient hospitalization and residential treatment centers for eating disorders provide patients with additional support, structure, medical care and monitoring.

What is anorexia and how can it be treated?

Anorexia is a complicated mental health disorder that makes a person think it is okay to starve themselves, sometimes to the point of death. Some people with this disorder even truly believe what they are doing is not dangerous or harmful, even though there is physical evidence to the contrary.

Why do people with eating disorders go to a hospital?

People with eating disorders frequently experience medical complications, which can affect all systems of the body. As a result, sometimes people with eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder may require treatment in a hospital or residential treatment center (RTC).