American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association (APA), a national society of psychologists, asserts in the following viewpoint that psychotherapy is vital to the treatment of eating disorders. Psychologists can help sufferers of eating disorders replace destructive thoughts and behaviors with positive ones, claims the APA, and can aid patients in resolving the psychological issues that instigated the disorder.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What is the link between eating disorders and other mental disorders, as claimed by the APA"

2. What are the various roles that psychotherapy plays in helping sufferers of eating disorders, according to the author"

3. As stated by the APA, how effective is treatment for eating disorders"

Research indicates that eating disorders are one of the psychological problems least likely to be treated. But eating disorders often don’t go...