Gift Giving Around the Holidays for Someone who is in Eating Disorder Treatment
The holiday season is filled with get-togethers, candy, decorating, gift giving and even more sweets and desserts. Many believe that maintaining…
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Seasonal Depression and the Link to Eating Disorders
Weather changes as the seasons shift from summer to fall to winter to spring are often a welcomed transition. Many people…
Read MoreEmotional Eating
Emotional eating is loosely defined as eating in response to negative or stressful emotions or using food to dull or avoid…
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Anorexia Nervosa Complications
Anorexia is a life-threatening eating disorder that has the highest mortality rate of any mental health disorder. It is characterized by…
Read MoreWhat Causes Bulimia Nervosa?
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that impacts an individual’s mental and physical health. Though we often visualize someone suffering with…
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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…
Read MoreOverview of Orthorexia
Overview of Orthorexia An overview of orthorexia is an eating disorder characterized by having an unhealthy obsession with healthy food. The…
Read MoreEating Disorder Relapse During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is 40 weeks of a woman’s life where her body is constantly changing, emotions are flooding and hormones are raging….
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How Eating Disorder Treatment and Addiction Treatment Compare
The brain’s reward pathway is stimulated by food, alcohol and drugs which all trigger the reward center of the brain by…
Read MoreSuicide in Adolescents
Suicidal ideations are thoughts involving killing oneself and often are directly related to mental health illnesses such as depression, anxiety, bipolar…
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