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Developing Healthy Body Confidence Among Adolescent Girls

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Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Negative body image or poor body confidence can put adolescent girls at risk for numerous negative outcomes, including the development of eating [...]
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Disordered Exercise, Eating Disorders and Sports Therapy

Disordered exercise is one possible symptom of an eating disorder. This symptom is most common in individuals with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. While exercise is beneficial for mental and [...]
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COVID-19 and Online College: A Good Time to Seek ED Treatment

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone’s life in one way or another. With the school year upon us, it’s created an entirely new normal for many students around the world. [...]
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Anorexia Nervosa: 2020 Research on Long Term Outcomes, Growth Retardation, and Other Medical Consequences

Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), and others, have increased in prevalence over the past 25 years. While experts have discussed changes [...]
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Emotional Difficulties in Eating Disorders and Recognizing and Processing Them

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It is a very human trait to believe that we are in complete control of our thoughts and behaviors. In reality, a situation will occur that results in an automatic [...]
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Thought Bias and Weight Shape Concerns in Women

The beliefs and thought bias that we have about ourselves, our bodies, and food begin taking shape early in life. Consider the rules you were given regarding food. What were [...]
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Finding Eating Disorder Support When You Live in a Rural Area

Friends are Factors in Anorexia Treatment

Living in a rural area has wonderful benefits of community, nature, and a slower pace. Unfortunately, there can also be drawbacks, and one of these is the challenge of receiving [...]
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Harm Reduction, COVID-19, and Eating Disorders

Woman struggling with eating disorder during COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our society and disrupt our everyday lives, individuals struggling with disordered eating beliefs and behaviors report feeling more challenged than ever. The circumstances [...]
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Eating Disorder Risk and Sexual Minorities

The list of overwhelming daily life challenges facing sexual minorities in our culture continues to be unacceptably long. Unfortunately, being at a higher risk for developing disordered eating beliefs and [...]
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Inpatient Treatment Results for Adolescents

Inpatient hospitalization for any person, especially adolescents, is a unique and challenging experience. Very rarely does anyone spend a period of their life restricted to living each moment in a [...]
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