Individual Treatment
An essential element of treatment to anorexia is making the client understand that he/she has a seriously dangerous mental disorder and that they need professional help.
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has the goal of making the patient diagnosed with anorexia understand how their negative thinking, self-talk, and self-image, can all have a direct impact of what is their eating habits and negative behaviors. This kind of therapy will deal with focusing and changing “dysfunctional thought patterns, attitudes and beliefs” that may be the “trigger” for the individual’s “restrictive eating” (Grohol).
In the 1980s, researcher Chris Fairburn, created a specific model of CBT for anorexia which consisted of helping an individual “understand, identify, and change their irrational thoughts (the ‘cognitive part’) and helping a person make the changes real through specific behavioral interventions” (Grohol). This refers for things such as goal settings or rewards. Because CBT is time-limited, it has specific goals it wants to fulfill.
In the 1980s, researcher Chris Fairburn, created a specific model of CBT for anorexia which consisted of helping an individual “understand, identify, and change their irrational thoughts (the ‘cognitive part’) and helping a person make the changes real through specific behavioral interventions” (Grohol). This refers for things such as goal settings or rewards. Because CBT is time-limited, it has specific goals it wants to fulfill.
Yoga
It has also been suggested that yoga may serve as a treatment for anorexia. In doing yoga, one keeps the mind busy and relaxes. Because of this, the individual may even begin to gain weight again and depressive and anxiety symptoms may begin to fade.
In the study done by Tiffany Carei et al., the efficiency of “individualized yoga treatment on eating disorder outcomes among adolescents receiving outpatient care for diagnosed eating disorders” (Carei). The participants consisted of 4 boys and 50 girls between the ages of 11 and 21, which were randomized to an “8 week trial of standard care versus individualized yoga plus standard care’” 27 were standard care while the other 26 had yoga with standard care (Carei). The yoga group was given one hour “semi-weekly for 8 consecutive weeks” (Carei).The standard care consisted of physician/dietician appointments every other week and those of the control group were offered yoga after the study had ended. The results showed that the “yoga group demonstrated decreases in eating disordered symptoms” according to the EDE, Eating Disorder Examination (Carei). But the control group also showed a drop in the weight of the participants, hoever by the 12th week their weight returned to the critical state.
This study suggested that “yoga therapy holds promise as adjunctive therapy to standard care” (Carei).
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Carei, Tiffany R., Amber L. Fyfe-Johnson, Cora Collette Breuner, and Margaret A. Marshall. "Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Yoga in the Treatment of Eating Disorders." PubMed Central. US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, 1 Apr. 2011. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844876/?tool=pmcentrez>.
Grohol, John M. "Psych Central: Anorexia Nervosa Treatment." Psych Central. 6 Apr. 2011. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx2t.htm>.
Iizuka, Akane. "Research and Examine the Biomedical, Individual, and Group Approaches to Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa – Akane." SlS IB Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. <http://psychology.geckos.sis.org.cn/2012/03/treatment-to-anorexia-nervosa-akane/>.
In the study done by Tiffany Carei et al., the efficiency of “individualized yoga treatment on eating disorder outcomes among adolescents receiving outpatient care for diagnosed eating disorders” (Carei). The participants consisted of 4 boys and 50 girls between the ages of 11 and 21, which were randomized to an “8 week trial of standard care versus individualized yoga plus standard care’” 27 were standard care while the other 26 had yoga with standard care (Carei). The yoga group was given one hour “semi-weekly for 8 consecutive weeks” (Carei).The standard care consisted of physician/dietician appointments every other week and those of the control group were offered yoga after the study had ended. The results showed that the “yoga group demonstrated decreases in eating disordered symptoms” according to the EDE, Eating Disorder Examination (Carei). But the control group also showed a drop in the weight of the participants, hoever by the 12th week their weight returned to the critical state.
This study suggested that “yoga therapy holds promise as adjunctive therapy to standard care” (Carei).
Photo by Brian Davies
Carei, Tiffany R., Amber L. Fyfe-Johnson, Cora Collette Breuner, and Margaret A. Marshall. "Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Yoga in the Treatment of Eating Disorders." PubMed Central. US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, 1 Apr. 2011. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844876/?tool=pmcentrez>.
Grohol, John M. "Psych Central: Anorexia Nervosa Treatment." Psych Central. 6 Apr. 2011. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://psychcentral.com/disorders/sx2t.htm>.
Iizuka, Akane. "Research and Examine the Biomedical, Individual, and Group Approaches to Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa – Akane." SlS IB Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013. <http://psychology.geckos.sis.org.cn/2012/03/treatment-to-anorexia-nervosa-akane/>.