1. Communicate
Don't make them feel bad for having an eating disorder. They need to know it's a problem for their health and they should seek treatment before it gets worse. Tell them they are not alone and that they have their friends and family as a support system.
2. Offer Help
Give them ideas as to how they can get help. An eating disorder that is just in its early stages can be treated by a specialist in the field of eating disorders (therapy). If it is worse and constantly interfering with there life a treatment facility would be the better option.
3. Follow through
Check up on them constantly to see how they are doing. If they have an eating disorder it is likely they have other mental illnesses like depression and anxiety which is a problem if not treated. Let them again know they are not alone and always check in!
Kübler-Ross was a psychiatrist who studied how we people deal with sorrow (after losing beloved ones, by knowing that we are ill or that we are going to die, etc.). There are five stages which people in this situation normally experience (but not obligatory):
(1) DENIAL
This is the first phase. It is filled with strong emotions and the dominant one is the shock and, after that, denying. Acknowledging tragic events and facts is very disturbing for our mind and it tries to protect itself.
(2) ANGER
Although we can be denying certain things for a long time, in the end, we realize that it won't help and things won't change. In this stage, our minds and our body respond with fury. Individuals tend to think that it is unfair that it happens to them.
(3) BARGAINING
In this phase, a person will desperately try to "negotiate" with the aim to change the outcome. We start to regret the things we did or didn't do earlier, we are ready to do anything and bear anything, just to make the things right.
(4) DEPRESSION
For the first time, we actually see the present moment and we feel all the grief we have been trying to deny or fight. A person is tired of the battle from the three previous stages and we assume our sorrow. It results in a depression, but this is a normal reaction in this kind of situation.
(5) ACCEPTANCE
Finally, after all the stages one has been through, he/she acknowledges reality. We accept the things as they are and we learn to live with them. It doesn't mean that we stop being sad, we have just passed through all the process and our life continues.
Mutations in the HTT gene cause Huntington disease. Hope that helps
Answer: <u><em>The child of a smoker</em></u> is at risk from exposure to secondhand smoke.
Explanation:
Many scientific articles have been written based on research done over the years. Many of these articles state that if a person was introduced to second hand smoke before the age of 25, are the ones most likely to get cancer or other respiratory diseases. Many of these people were exposed since birth.
