Why Defend Harm Reduction for Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders? Who Wouldn't Want to Reduce Harms?

In the article, the author discusses the effectiveness of using harm reduction strategies in treating patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa (SEAN). Topics include a study by Andria Bianchi and colleagues on the use of said approaches by physicians to reduce the intensity, frequency and possible lethality of life-threatening or shortening behaviors by SEAN patients, and the six principles of harm reduction like humanism, individualism and pragmatism.