Why aren psychotherapeutic drugs used in the Mandometer clinic eating disorder treatment program?
The Mandometer Clinic eating disorder treatment is a drugless approach for the following reasons: • SSRIs can inhibit food intake, decrease body temperature, cause sexual dysfunctions, insomnia, and make learning difficult – all highly undesirable affects for anorexic adolescents and for developing women in general. • The use of antidepressants in children can sometimes have the potential to increase the incidence of suicide. Furthermore, there is no documented proof that these drugs successfully treat the depression associated with eating disorders, nor help in the anorexia recovery or bulimia recovery process. • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) do not have a positive affect on the psychiatric symptoms of anorexia or bulimia.
