[Bloody Sam Roberts]

May I suggest that you have some skepticism about the drugs are not the problem issue? Perhaps further inquiry in this area is warranted. I believe there are tests using hair that can look at drug history over a several month period.

Excellent advice. Physiological causes must be ruled out first and any responsible therapist engaged for this disorder will do so first and foremost.

[Quix]

Good advice.

However, given the father's narrative and his typical sharpness . . . and the odds about such factors . . . I'd say the odds were extremely high that there's the usual complex anorexia going on here.