Many researchers and scientists have studied and tested the mental illness that is eating disorders. There are treatments like cognitive therapy, where a doctor will try to reframe a person with the eating disorder’s brain to make them think differently about their relationships with food, or simple second-generation antidepressants that are prescribed for those with anorexia nervosa. There are countless other treatments that have been tested in regards to eating disorders, yet researchers and scientists have come up with the same results, that there is no stable cure for eating disorders. The lack of stable treatments has resulted in multiple issues. The fact that most of these treatments do not truly work yet is that they are still being …show more content…
In Boer’s article, she explores another treatment, cognitive therapy, which is a type of therapy for people with eating disorders to work on their brain to alter how they feel about food. She tried her experiment on a variety of people and found that, “or adults with anorexia nervosa, no one specialist treatment has been found to be superior” (pp. 2). The adage of the adage. Not only did she find that her treatment did not work, but she said she could not locate what exactly triggers people to have eating disorders. These tests and results have led numerous amounts of people suffering with eating disorders to feel helpless. These treatments have not helped that much, which leads to patients getting false hope. The feelings that these people feel can and has led to many of those with eating disorders suffering in silence. In the midst of the struggle to find treatment and treatment for eating disorders, this topic must be talked about more often so more and more people can be aware of this mental