Avoidant & Restrictive Food Intake Disorder & Family Therapy

Woman thinking about Family Therapy for ARFID

Contributed by Canopy Cove Family therapy is proven to be vastly helpful in treating numerous mental illnesses and eating disorders are no different. Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is [...]
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How Does a Day in Eating Disorder Treatment Look and Feel?

Woman struggling with body image and thinking about a Day in Eating Disorder Treatment

If you are considering going to a treatment center to recover from an eating disorder, it is natural to want to get a better understanding of how your time will [...]
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Genetics and Anorexia Nervosa – Anomalies on Chromosome 12

DNA Strand relating to Genetics and Anorexia

Sponsored By: The Refuge – A Healing Place Eating disorders are biopsychosocial disorders, meaning, the behaviors are impacted by biology, psychology, and sociology. Social aspects of eating disorders are often discussed. [...]
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The LGBTQ Community and Eating Disorders

Contributor: Timberline Knolls Team at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Among the reasons cited as to why individuals may develop eating disorders are concerns about body shape and weight, one’s [...]
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Athletes, Eating Disorders and Incorporating Exercise into Treatment

Young athletes have been especially effected by the pandemic

Historically, eating disorder treatment programs have avoided incorporating exercise into treatment with the goal of helping patients restore weight more quickly and protect patients who may abuse exercise as a [...]
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Spirituality: A Critical Component in Eating Disorder Treatment

Contributor: Bethany Casson, LCPC – Christian Program Coordinator at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Physical diseases like cancer can manifest in all areas of the body: bone, brain, and breast [...]
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The Illusion of the Ego: Pride in Eating Disorders

Woman thinking about Pride in Eating Disorders

Sometimes, those with dysfunctional eating habits find an unhealthy sense of pride in self-denial and feeling hungry. This mentality of “pride in eating disorders” is plastered across many pro-ana and pro-mia [...]
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Male Athletes & Eating Disorders: When is it Time to Consider Treatment?

Picture of Male Athletes with Eating Disorders

Travis Stewart, LPC, NCC – Director of Business Development and Marketing and Riley Nickols, Ph.D., CEDS McCallum Place In recent years more male athletes have begun to talk openly about [...]
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I Think My Loved One Has an Eating Disorder: What Do I Do?

Husband holding his wife and Think My Loved One Has an Eating Disorder

Contributor: Staff at Montecatini Eating Disorder Treatment Center The moment you realize someone you care about may be struggling with an eating disorder can be overwhelming. There may be a [...]
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Objectification and Minority Stress in Transgender Women

Binge eating disorder and COVID isolation can cause worsening mental health

Contributor: Staff at Carolina House While research remains sparse regarding those in the transgender community and especially regarding the intersection with disordered eating behavior, some recent studies have revealed the [...]
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