Eating disorders effect thousands of young women in the United States and other parts of the world. The compulsions involved can be life destroying.
With anorexia, bulemia, and other eating disorders, therapy has been found to be effective. Studies have shown that medications routinely prescribed, Prozac being the most commonly prescribed medication for eating disorders, as well as other SSRIs, have about the same success ratio as placebos in treating eating disorders.
Cognitive therapy has been of help to many, as well as counseling on proper dieting and eating habits. One experience is given of a teenage tennis pro who developed anorexia, and it is said that a disproportionatly large number of female athletes suffer from eating disorders.
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