<p>Psychiatrist Warren Ward treats patients who are severely ill with eating disorders. Understanding the mystery of human nature has driven him since he was a young doctor.</p><p>Warren Ward's patients are often critically ill with diseases like anorexia.</p><p>Warren says asking someone with anorexia to eat is like asking an arachnophobe to put their hand in a jar full of spiders.</p><p>As a psychiatrist, Warren uses psychotherapy to help his patients.</p><p>He encourages those with an eating disorder to approach their mental illness as one part of their whole self.</p><p>His interest in the mystery of human nature informed his study of philosophy, and led him to examine the love lives of philosophers.</p><p>Lovers of Philosophy is published by Ockham Publishing.</p><p>This episode of Conversations explores mental illness, bulimia, orthorexia, anorexia, EDs, Eating disorders, disordered eating, how to help a loved one with an eating disorder, psychology, psychiatry, philosophy, romance, heartbreak, love life, relationships, inpatient treatment, mental health hospitals, feeding clinics.</p>
