I'm not sure if it ever occurred to you, calling someone else a bully is, in fact, bullying behavior. It is possible to disagree with another person's point of view without disparaging them.
None of the parents who have responded to this article have attacked the author or those suffering from eating disorders. Rather, every parent has been at pains to point to scientific advancements in our understanding of causative factors and modern approaches to treatment. The days of blaming and shaming patients and families are at an end. The days of trapping families in paralyzing guilt, while forcing them to stand on the sidelines and watch their children descend into an endless well of sadness, pain or even death-are over.
Our daughter spend years in the very treatment paradigm this author espouses.
It nearly cost her life, twice. When she was 21 we began family based treatment for her anorexia with the support of staff at the University of Chicago. Today she is a graduate student, has lived free from this cruel disease for nearly 3 years, and we are thrilled for her.
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
Recovery is possible within the context of a loving determined family, and the right professional support. Every sufferer and every family deserves to know that.
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Shelley,
I'm not sure if it ever occurred to you, calling someone else a bully is, in fact, bullying behavior. It is possible to disagree with another person's point of view without disparaging them.
None of the parents who have responded to this article have attacked the author or those suffering from eating disorders. Rather, every parent has been at pains to point to scientific advancements in our understanding of causative factors and modern approaches to treatment. The days of blaming and shaming patients and families are at an end. The days of trapping families in paralyzing guilt, while forcing them to stand on the sidelines and watch their children descend into an endless well of sadness, pain or even death-are over.
Our daughter spend years in the very treatment paradigm this author espouses.
It nearly cost her life, twice. When she was 21 we began family based treatment for her anorexia with the support of staff at the University of Chicago. Today she is a graduate student, has lived free from this cruel disease for nearly 3 years, and we are thrilled for her.
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
June 13, 2009 - 9:27pmRecovery is possible within the context of a loving determined family, and the right professional support. Every sufferer and every family deserves to know that.
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