Eating Disorders and Super Bowl Weekend
Eating Disorders and Super Bowl Weekend Super bowl weekend is rapidly approaching and even if you are not a fan of…
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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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Using Somatic Experiencing to Treat Eating Disorders and Trauma
Trauma is the emotional and physiological aftermath of an event; it is not the event itself, it is the individual’s experience…
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Five Disorders that Mimic Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that has the highest mortality rate out of any mental health disorder. Anorexia nervosa is…
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How to Treat my Child’s Anxiety Disorder?
Anxiety disorders are known to affect 25% of children between 13 and 18 years of age and can severely interfere with…
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Is My Teenager Depressed?
Teenagers face a host of pressures, from the hormonal changes of puberty and building their self-esteem, to facing peer pressure about…
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Why Does my Child Seem Anxious in School?
Sometimes anxiety is easy to identify, like when a child is feeling nervous before a test at school. Other times anxiety…
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Common Mental Health Disorders Associated with Eating Disorders
Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are known as the deadliest mental health disorders. Men…
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Disorders Associated with Purging Behavior
Purging is a self-inflicted behavior regularly practiced by individuals who have eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Purging refers…
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