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About Margot Rittenhouse, MS, PLPC, NCC

Margot Rittenhouse, MS, PLPC, NCC is a therapist who is passionate about providing mental health support to all in need and has worked with clients with substance abuse issues, eating disorders, domestic violence victims, and offenders, and severely mentally ill youth. As a freelance writer for Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope and a mentor with MentorConnect, Margot is a passionate eating disorder advocate, committed to de-stigmatizing these illnesses while showing support for those struggling through mentoring, writing, and volunteering. Margot has a Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University.

How Long Does it Take to Recover From Anorexia?

Anorexia Nervosa is one of the most commonly known, and dangerous, eating disorder diagnoses. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, provides the following criteria for a [...]
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Does Anorexia Cause Acne?

There is no limitation to the havoc that eating disorder behaviors can cause. Individuals struggling with these disorders unfortunately find their minds, emotion-states, interpersonal dynamics, and physical bodies ravaged by [...]
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Can Anorexia Cause Anemia?

Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by extreme restriction of nutritional intake. No bodily system can function as intended without the vitamins and nutrients that proper food and hydration [...]
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Is Stress a Trigger for Binge Eating?

While there is still so much for mainstream society to understand about eating disorders, many have the basic understanding down. Unfortunately, this often involves the assumption that individuals with disordered [...]
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Marching Bands & Eating Disorders

Synopsis While many people do not recognize it, marching band artists are athletes as well as performance artists and, therefore, are at increased risk of eating disorders. 27,000 individuals are [...]
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Curbing Impulsive Eating in Binge Eating Disorder

Binge eating disorder (BED) wasn’t recognized as an official disorder until the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in 2013. At this time, the DSM-5 [...]
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End-Stage Anorexia: What is it and What are the Symptoms?

While many are aware of how dangerous and harmful anorexia nervosa behaviors can be, it seems it is still difficult for anyone to imagine that they could witness this in [...]
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How to Reverse Dental Damage Caused by Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by an individual binging on more food than is typical within a discrete period of time and then using compensatory behaviors to rid [...]
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Laxative Abuse: Side Effects and Long-Term Risks

Laxative abuse is a dangerous disordered eating behavior falsely represented as an appropriate, effective, and harmless weight-loss behavior. Laxatives are a type of medication used to treat constipation, however, diet [...]
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