"Eating disorders (Eds) are dangerous, ubiquitous, usually chronic in nature, and difficult to treat. EDs offer an enormous challenge to therapists because of their complexity, which includes severe medical risk; co-occurring anxiety, depression, and personality disorders; an addiction component; and body image distortion-all of this within a media-driven culture of thinness in which starving and purging can for some become lifestyle choices. This complexity is further exacerbated by the presence of painful life experiences ...
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"Eating disorders (Eds) are dangerous, ubiquitous, usually chronic in nature, and difficult to treat. EDs offer an enormous challenge to therapists because of their complexity, which includes severe medical risk; co-occurring anxiety, depression, and personality disorders; an addiction component; and body image distortion-all of this within a media-driven culture of thinness in which starving and purging can for some become lifestyle choices. This complexity is further exacerbated by the presence of painful life experiences or trauma"--
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