Family Role in Bulimia Recovery

Families can help support a family member who is suffering from bulimia, but the family cannot take on the entire responsibility of eating disorder treatment. I believe it is unfair and unreasonable to expect family members to become qualified treatment providers. They can love, help, support and encourage, but the best of families will stagger under the expectation that family members alone can bring healing to the bulimic person in their midst.

An article from Women's Health about Long-Term Effects of Bulimia Nervosa states: "Home and family support are proven to be the best way of treating this condition."