Attention Deficit & Learning Challenges
Treatment Plan

EATING DISORDER
TREATMENT
PLAN

Restore normal eating patterns, body weight, balanced fluid and electrolytes, and a realistic perception of body size.
Terminate the pattern of binge eating and purging behavior with a return to normal eating of enough nutritious foods to maintain a healthy weight.
Develop healthy cognitive patterns and beliefs about self that lead to alleviation and help prevent the relapse of the eating disorder.
Develop healthy interpersonal relationships that lead to alleviation and help prevent the relapse of the eating disorder.
Develop alternate coping strategies (e.g., feeling identification, problem-solving, assertiveness) to address emotional issues that could lead to relapse of the eating disorder.

Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height - less than 85% of that expected.
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight.
Recurrent episodes of binge eating (i.e., rapid consumption of large quantities of high-carbohydrate food).
Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications; fasting; or excessive exercise.
Extreme weight loss (and amenorrhea in females) with refusal to maintain a minimal healthy weight.
Undue influence of body weight or shape in self-evaluation.
Persistent preoccupation with body image related to grossly inaccurate assessment of self as overweight.
Escalating fluid and electrolyte imbalance resulting from eating disorder.
Strong denial of seeing self as emaciated even when severely under recommended weight

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