Bulimia - recently one of the most common mental disorders, manifested in fasting or overeating and subsequent cleansing of the stomach through vomiting or laxatives. Bulimia suffers mainly from young girls striving to achieve the ideal, in their understanding, figure. Coping with bulimia is difficult, but very real. This requires joint efforts of the patient herself and her relatives.
Instructions
Step 1
Go to a specialized hospital. Bulimia is treated primarily with psychotherapeutic methods. The psychotherapist helps the patient to overcome the painful addiction to fasting or food, to increase self-esteem and confidence. In addition, the psychotherapist will prescribe sedatives and antidepressants, as well as drugs that improve the condition of the body, because it is usually undermined due to the lack of nutrients, vitamins and minerals necessary for life.
Step 2
If the patient's weight loss is more than 20% of the original, urgent hospitalization is necessary. In this case, the psychotherapeutic effect on the patient is carried out by all medical personnel of the medical institution. The work of the medical staff will be aimed at correcting the patient's ideas about the "ideal figure", solving emotional and personal problems and developing the skills of proper nutrition. In such cases, the medical staff carefully monitors not only the mental state of the patient, but also the physical one. And diet and medical procedures help to normalize weight.
Step 3
When the physical and mental state of a patient with bulimia is normalized, a period of rehabilitation will begin. For her, the psychotherapist develops an individual program that includes physical exercises, walks, art therapy and much more. The rehabilitation period is intended to enhance the effect of drugs on the patient's body, but, at the same time, to reduce their side effects. During rehabilitation, special attention is paid to the patient's social adaptation in society.
Step 4
After discharge from the hospital, the patient will continue to be monitored. It is usually carried out by the attending physician, whom the patient continues to see. The doctor prescribes and adjusts drug treatment, monitors the process of adaptation of the former patient in society, conducts psychotherapy sessions and monitors possible relapses. At all stages of treatment of a patient with bulimia, the first assistants of the attending physician are the relatives of the patient. For a successful result, they must fully comply with all the requirements of the doctor, help the patient and instill confidence in him.
