L)+Treatment+Models


 * Models **

Traditionally human health has been examined using a biomedical model [or medical model] which defines health as the absence of disease (Strother-Ratcliff, 2002). Feminists and sociologists assert that there are limitations to the biomedical model (Strothers-Ratcliff, 2002) and that methods of treatment risk labelling women as disordered due to personality, biology and dificient skills (//Foundations of feminist therapy// p.22). Models that consider other processes like cultural, economic, psychological, social, and political causes (Strothers-Ratcliff, 2002) differ from traditional models and offer a better opportunity for women to heal (//Emotional well-being// Regehr, V., & Caplan, P. 2005). Alternative models like bio-psycho-social therapy (Froggett; Richards, 2002), feminist psychology, and constructivist approaches (Bepko, 1992), validate the differences between women and men’s bodies and the interplay of cultural and socioeconomic influences (Schliebner, 1994).


 * Treatment **

There are numerous treatment centres and programs throughout Ontario and Canada that deal specifically with eating disorders and that offer a number of different treatment options like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Experiential Therapy and, Narrative Therapy.