Treatment Options: Finding Your Way on the Path to Wellness.

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Tune in to Columbia Psychiatry’s BlogTalkRadio show during Eating Disorders Awareness Week for treatment news from leaders in the field.
Call 347-996-5875 or log on to http://bit.ly/1BmlGez
Drs. Michael Devlin and Evelyn Attia will discuss Treatment Options: Finding Your Way on the Path to Wellness.
How far would you go to get a body to die for? Even when faced with the possibility of dying, some adolescents diagnosed with an eating disorder struggle to end their self-starvation. Eating disorders -- including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder -- affect roughly 5-10% of women. Anorexia nervosa has a mortality rate as high as that seen in any psychiatric disorder.
On three days during Eating Disorders Awareness Week, our experts will break down treatment options for families, starting:
Thursday, February 26