The Richardson's should be admitting Skylar to an inpatient eating disorder treatment program and working on healing as a family in private, not filming a 48 hours show
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Yes, intensive, long term, inpatient programs like that are really the best treatment.
My cousin participated in three separate treatment centers like that, each lasting a year.
They can meet others who are in the same situation who may become lifelong friends and be a support system throughout their lives.
But it's so important to do it earlier than later.
She did not enter a good program until she was 29.
Her parents were well known and respected in the community and because of their concern for appearances they put off "dealing" with it and seeking treatment until she was an adult and out of college and working.
Eating Disorders are not something you can take lightly. Early intervention is so important.
If my cousin had the appropriate treatment at the beginning I'm convinced she would still be alive today.
She had no quality of life. She was completely dysfunctional for the last 15 years of her life.
I'll never forget the first time she went into treatment at the hospital, she was so weak her mother had to take her in in a wheelchair. The nurses thought it was her daughter wheeling her elderly mother into the hospital.
It's not a disease that can wait.
Unfortunately taking medication and going to therapy a couple of times a week is usually not enough.
Of course it's not our business what they decide to do, but I think Skylar needs to get away from her family and find a decent treatment center if she really wants to help herself. She looked malnourished and underweight when she went to court.
It's exactly how my cousin looked at that age. She was still very pretty and looked great in many outfits because she was thin.
But in less than ten years she was completely unrecognizable. The longer the illness goes on the harder it is to treat.
IMO