What are antipsychotics used for in eating disorders?

Antipsychotics may be the primary treatment for anxiety and underlying behavioral disturbances associated with the disorder. You don't need to be experiencing psychosis for your therapist to prescribe them; these medications are also effective against other symptoms such as anxiety, behavioral disturbances, and distorted thinking, and may even be the preferred treatment in some cases. It's also important to consider the potential for other mental health disorders to co-occur with the eating disorder, which may necessitate the use of psychopharmacological treatment to address them.