After the end of a short marriage and the rejection of her solo album, Karen Carpenter reached out for help. Although she had been suffering from emotional difficulties and anorexia for years at this point, she began therapy that occurred five days a week. To battle her demons, Karen Carpenter Anorexia was combated with hyperalimentation via intravenous administration. She began to gain weight with this treatment but obviously a little too late. Therapy only lasted just under one year and following a painful eight years of suffering from anorexia, Karen Carpenter lost her battle. Her public battle was one of the first celebrity based awareness of this disorder and although she lost her war, she helped many along the way.