My opinion on eating disorders.

Anorexia nerviosa

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder and psychological as well. This condition goes beyond weight control: the patient starts a diet to lose weight until it becomes a symbol of power and control. In this way the individual comes to the brink of starvation in order to feel control over their own body. This obsession is similar to an addiction to any drug or substance.

Causes:

There is currently no sole cause for anorexia nervosa, while investigations have yielded certain tracks in the medical and psychological field. Just like bulimia, anorexia causes are multiple and difficult to assess. All of them, so many individual as the family, social and cultural need to be taken into account for a treatment. There are many different approaches but all of them point to two phases in the treatment of this problem: as a first step to recover the weight across a medically controlled feedback. Physical recovery brings an improvement in psychological aspects as the perception of body image or weight obsession. Once the physical state has improved, treatment focuses on the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are less adaptive. It comes to improving self esteem and to stimulate new ways to express feelings and value yourself, reconciling the person with your body and your needs.