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Disordered Eating vs. Eating Disorders
You may have heard the term disordered eating as it is used to describe certain food and body related behaviors, but…
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Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2025
The Importance of Eating Disorder Awareness Week In 2025, Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) is recognized from February 24 through March…
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How Negative Body Image Is Addressed in Eating Disorder Outpatient Treatment
Body image is someone’s perception of the way their body looks. While there are many factors that can contribute to the…
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The Benefits of a Summer Treatment Program
Updated on 4/14/2023 “School’s Out for Summer” is a modern state of mind for many children, teenagers, college students and sometimes…
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Eating Disorder Awareness Resource Guide
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week is a national initiative to raise awareness about eating disorders — reducing stigma, educating the public…
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Self-Injury Awareness Day March 1, 2018
Self-Injury Awareness Day (SIAD), is an international awareness day that takes place every year on March 1 and is a day…
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National Drug and Alcohol Week Jan 22-28 2018
National Drug and Alcohol Week is an awareness week that was started by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in…
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Panic disorders and Their Tie to Valium Addiction
Valium, diazepam, is a long-acting benzodiazepine, that is often used, against recommendation, to treat anxiety disorders such as panic disorder. Benzodiazepines…
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Co-occurring Disorders in Teenagers: Cocaine and Anxiety
Cocaine and Anxiety Anxiety commonly occurs in the teenage population due to the many changing factors associated with this life stage….
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Teenage Addiction and Self-Harm: Co-occurring Disorders
Nonsuicidal self-injury disorder, better known as self-harm, is characterized by the purposeful actions of causing physical harm to oneself without the…
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