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Originally Posted by Hellion
What good does that do if you don't have an eating disorder? I've been in the psych ward for being suicidal...and well don't think going to a place to help people with eating disorders would have really helped. Also though I was treated very much like a human both times I was in the psych ward....so inhuman treatment is not garanteed, it is very unfortunate people still have negative experiences and some facilities really are crappy and might not even run things in a very legal manner(if i ended up in one of those places I'd keep my wits about me and make sure to pursue legal action...that is what the social worker is for after all.
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Actually, the therapies for ED patients and general patients are not that different. The hospital I went to for my ED (WPIC) treats different disorders on different floors, so whenever they had overflow from the general adolescent floor (which happened A LOT; I was 17 at the time) they sent them to the eating disorder floor.
I've been to other psych hospitals, and the treatment is always the same. They talk about emotional regulation, self esteem, self harm (EDs are considered a form of self harm to some and self harm and ED are often comorbid). They talk about family issues and CBT and DBT and distorted thoughts. They treat everyone the same. The only difference is that the staff on the ED floors don't talk to you like you're crazy and you get to order your food.
In fact, all of THAT stuff was useless to me most of the time. Because I was dealing with psychosis, not emotional problems. But noooo, everyone in psych hospitals MUST have an underlying emotional issue, and it must be something that CBT and DBT can help, right? Wrong. CBT doesn't work for schizophrenia.