Treat the medical complications of starvation. Use behavioral techniques to reward weight gain. Individual and group cognitive therapy to alter anorexic attitudes, enhance autonomy, and improve self-esteem. Family therapy may also be useful. Treat any associated mood disorder.
Some disorders display similar or sometimes even the same symptom.
The clinician, therefore, in his diagnostic attempt has to differentiate against the following disorders which one needs to be ruled out to establish a precise diagnosis.