Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and Options for Treatment

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, more easily referred to as ARFID, has existed for quite some time but was not referred to as such until the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of [...]
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Self-Soothing Painful Emotions in Eating Disorder Recovery

The ability to tolerate emotional distress be self-soothing is a skill known as “Emotion Regulation,” which is defined as “the process whereby an individual shapes which emotions they have, when [...]
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Assertive Communication in Binge Eating Disorder Recovery

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Regardless of who you are, lack of effective communication is an opening for trouble. This trouble is compounded for those in recovery from Binge Eating Disorder (BED), as the effective and [...]
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Pandemic and Returning to Hybrid School Dealing with Social Anxiety

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Of all of the adjustments made during the pandemic, one that continues to be incredibly concerning is the adaptation of children and school symptoms to quarantine, social distancing, and, now, [...]
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Antidepressant Use & Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Anorexia

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While holding hope for the possibility of eating disorder recovery is important, it is also necessary to acknowledge that not everyone experiences full eating disorder recovery. 20 to 30% of individuals [...]
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Dude, You Have an Eating Disorder

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Contributor: Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS, Founder and Executive Director of The Body Image Therapy Center Yes, males can develop an eating disorder. It may not seem like it, as [...]
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Eating Disorders and Co-Occurring Diabetes Treated with ACT

Type 1 (T1) diabetes is a medical condition that affects someone’s endocrine system [1]. Diabetes causes someone’s immune system to attack some of the cells in someone’s pancreas. This then [...]
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Maintaining Eating Disorder Recovery in the Foodservice Industry

From daily meals to social commentary on food, there are many aspects of daily life that can be triggering to someone in eating disorder recovery. For those that work in the [...]
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Be My Galentine: Valentine’s Day Through a Friend Lens

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Last year, I was invited to something I had never heard about before: A Galentine’s Party. At first, I merely thought my friend had misspelled the word Valentine’s Day on [...]
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