This article identifies that eating disorders are recognized as illnesses that are challenging to treat. Residential treatments may provide an advantage on patients towards recovery as they eliminate behavioral disruptions in regards to weight abnormalities and food consumption. The idea of eliminating the patients’ extreme nutritional abnormalities and the efforts to result in an ideally healthy body weight is a long-term process; thus, residential treatment is recommended. It also is not clear enough whether or not changes in the client’s cognition are as healthy in the day treatment programs compared to residential programs. Residential programs provide the necessary amount of treatment specifically for each individuals needs; resulting
