Compulsory treatment is not a long term solution.  Compulsory treatment may only be successful in the short term. In the long term it does nothing to reduce the fear of food, weight and hospital felt by the patient and is a barrier to treatment. Hospital admission often has a worse outcome for the patient; there are increased mortality rates which are then even higher for those who are admitted against their will. [1] Suicide accounts for 27% of anorexia deaths. [2] Compulsory treatment may make the patient more depressed and at greater risk from harm.  [1] Fedyszyn &amp; Sullivan, ‘Ethical re-evaluation of contemporary treatments for anorexia nervosa’, 2007,  , p.201  [2] BBC News, ‘Compulsory treatment ‘helps anorexics’’, 1999