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Managing Co-Occurring Food Addiction and Anxiety

Addiction can take many forms. Most commonly, we hear of addiction to alcohol and various substances, including illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, and more. Many individuals may assume that food is not [...]
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When Cigarette Smoking is Used as an Appetite Suppressant

Woman using smoking as appetite suppressant

Tobacco use in the United States continues to be the leading cause of preventable deaths, disease, and disabilities, with nearly forty million adults smoking cigarettes in our nation [1]. It [...]
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Co-Occurring Process Addictions and Eating Disorders

Woman sitting in desert struggling with Bulimia Nervosa

Process addictions are behavioral addictions to activities or processes, such as gambling, eating, tanning, video gaming, financial spending, sexual intercourse, and internet activities. Research has suggested that process addictions can [...]
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Medication Management for Co-Occurring Disorders

There is no magic pill for eating disorder recovery. However, many individuals with eating disorders often exhibit co-occurring disorders, such as addiction, anxiety, bipolar, post-traumatic stress, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Often, [...]
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Creative Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders

Contributor: Rachel Wagner-Cantine, LCPC, BC-DMT, Mood Program Coordinator and Dance/Movement Therapist, Timberline Knolls Residental Treatment Center Although co-occurring disorders may manifest differently and require different diagnostic criteria, ultimately, they are [...]
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Co-Occurring Self-Harm & Eating Disorders

Various forms of self-harm, such as cutting, scratching, burning, or otherwise causing injury to oneself, often co-occur with eating disorders. In fact, disordered eating is a form of self-harm in [...]
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Holiday Spending: When Compulsive Shopping Overlaps with an ED

Shopping for loved ones, buying a series of knick-knacks for Secret Santa exchanges, and finding the perfect outfit to wear to the upcoming holiday party can really add up. While [...]
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Therapeutic Interventions for Emetophobia

Woman struggling with eating disorder and addiction at the same time

Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Many of us can recall the unfortunate experience of a vomiting episode in [...]
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Drunkorexia: Eating Disorder or Addiction?

Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Circulating the media lately and becoming widespread around college campuses and universities, the [...]
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Hoarding Food and Food Rituals: What Do These Behaviors Mean?

Client going through an Exposure Response Therapy Session

Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Cutting food into very small pieces. Separating foods on the plate. Biting foods [...]
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