Amandalouise......sounds like she ended up in the medical hospital & they will only treat the medical condition. Once that is stabilized, they want you to go to an ED treatment center inpatient because normal medical hospitals aren't set up to treat ED refeeding or the psychological issues behind them.

Sounds to me like in this case, it's the parents perfection that's driving this ED. When I was medically ill from the anorexia.....they gave me IV nutrition through a central line rather than a feeding tube & once I was stable they let me go. My MD & pdoc wanted me to find an ED treatment center but none would treat the issues that were causing my problems & weren't capable of dealing with the PTSD that had triggered it that time in the first place.

Some impatient treatment is just for the refeeding & not for the serious treatment of the issues behind the ED itself.

I have been working with starved horses since August & the problems that were pointed out in the article Amandalouise provided is REAL. We almost lost 2 of the horses while refeeding them......it can cause serious heart problems that can show up in the first week after refeeding starts if it's not done properly & too much food is given trying to get the person to eat again. It is only something that should be done under medical supervision especially if it got so bad to the point she had the problems she had that got her into the medical hospital in the first place.