They work with children, young people and their families to treat eating disorders. This service looks at physical health as well as mental health and working with you they will put together a treatment plan to help you get back on track.
Theiraim when working with you and your family is to:
- Increase your/your child's confidence in effectively managing the eating disorder
- Restore weight to aÂhealthy minimum
- Support your family to help youÂestablish healthy eating behaviours and attitudes
- Prevent/correct medical problems associated with starvation
- Strengthen family relationships and communication
- Increase your child's sense of motivation, wellbeing and self-esteem
- Provide your family withÂadvice, consultation and supervision as you need it
- Help you stay in your own home
- Reduce the length of inpatient admission when admission is necessary.
