Psychiatrist Warren Ward treats patients who are severely ill with eating disorders. Understanding the mystery of human nature has driven him since he was a young doctor.

Warren Ward's patients are often critically ill with diseases like anorexia.

Warren says asking someone with anorexia to eat is like asking an arachnophobe to put their hand in a jar full of spiders.

As a psychiatrist, Warren uses psychotherapy to help his patients.

He encourages those with an eating disorder to approach their mental illness as one part of their whole self.

His interest in the mystery of human nature informed his study of philosophy, and led him to examine the love lives of philosophers.

Lovers of Philosophy is published by Ockham Publishing.

This episode of Conversations explores mental illness, bulimia, orthorexia, anorexia, EDs, Eating disorders, disordered eating, how to help a loved one with an eating disorder, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, romance, heartbreak, love life, relationships, inpatient treatment, mental health hospitals, feeding clinics.