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Ah the brain, it's so complex; we are so complex!  What of our behavior is under our control?  What is amenable to cajoling, influence and even coercion? Does this change with age?  How is general willingness and ability to learn affected by a specific brain disorder, or can we generalize?

These issues quite frequently come to the fore during the treatment of food phobia, and even infrequently in the treatment of early onset anorexia nervosa.

Some percentage of our young food phobia…

If your child or adolescent is admitted to a hospital for the medical complications of an eating disorder, you need to carefully assess adequacy of care at that hospital.  

Common sense would dictate that we not become aggressive, belittling or demanding of professionals on whom our child is temporarily dependent for medical intervention, however you should not hesitate to inform yourself, rely on your intuition and experience and ask questions.  The days of “because I said so and I…