As we learn more about how best to approach treatment and awareness raising, we start to hear stories of help and successful recovery. For example, I have seen figures that suggest that almost 50 per cent of people with anorexia nervosa or bulimia make a full recovery but, as Dennis Robertson reminded us, far too many people are still dying.The Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland points out that anorexia and bulimia nervosa are not always exclusively a result of attempts to regulate appearance.