As a therapist, there are so many things I wish that psychiatrists knew when it comes to eating disorders.

Now before we hash this out, here's my caveat–I am not a prescribing provider, I never went to medical school. I am a psychotherapist and these are all of my personal thoughts but from my professional experience.

When we view mental illnesses as medical illnesses, we are going to miss the nuance that is associated with emotions and psychology.

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"We can't just take a brain MRI and say, 'this person has an eating disorder'." - Rachelle Heinemann

"But at the end of the day, if we create too many boxes and we don't leave any room for you to be curious and for you to explore beyond the boxes, then I think we've done you a disservice. And I think that ends up becoming its own limitation." - Rachelle Heinemann

"Every single person has an intricate, complex way that their, 'mental illness' is developed and maintained, and it is the kind of thing that we cannot possibly insert a medication in order to fix it completely." - Rachelle Heinemann

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