That statement may seem obvious, but it is the sad history of eating disorder treatment that parents have often been blamed or felt blamed when a loved one develops an eating disorder. This crippling and discredited thinking was also once the case for other illnesses that we now understand are neither given nor chosen: asthma, stuttering, autism, schizophrenia.
For those families suffering from guilt, from feeling blamed, or unsure of who to believe on this topic:
A short video of eating disorder experts, and the head of the US National Institute of Mental Health, answering the question Do Parents Cause Eating Disorders?" posed by F.E.A.S.T.'s director, Laura Collins.
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