Boundaries Around Discussing your Child’s Eating Disorder

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It can be tough to know about eating disorders in children or how to talk with someone about their eating disorder, especially when it’s your child. Even so, having these [...]
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My Loved One Has an Eating Disorder – What’s My Role?

Eating disorders are serious and complex mental and physical illnesses. If your loved one has an eating disorder and in an effort to help them, you may find yourself in [...]
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When is it Time to Enter Eating Disorder Treatment?

Asian American Woman struggling with Eating Disorders and Diabetes

Eating disorders are marked by denial and shame and often create a distrust of others as well as oneself. This makes it challenging to know when it is truly time [...]
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Binge Eating Disorder & Type 2 Diabetes Considerations

Binge-eating disorder (BED) and it’s related behaviors have been found to co-occur with some medical conditions, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Researchers have placed heavy emphasis on a higher [...]
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Why Early Intervention in Eating Disorders is Important

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Research on eating disorder treatments indicates that early intervention in eating disorder behaviors (that is, early identification and treatment of an eating disorder) improves the speed of recovery, reduces symptoms [...]
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Research Seeks to Understand the Neural Mechanisms of Vyvanse on Binge Eating Disorder

Doctor researching effectiveness of Vyvanse on Binge Eating Disorder

While psychotherapy is still the first line of treatment for individuals struggling with Binge Eating Disorder (BED), researchers are working to find other treatment avenues that might be successful. One of [...]
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Peer Mentoring and Eating Disorders

Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Eating disorders are devastating mental health conditions that can be hard on both you and your loved ones. If left untreated, eating [...]
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The Healing Journey of Eating Disorder Recovery

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Eating disorder recovery is a challenging journey that is not linear or perfect. For many, the fear that recovery is unattainable for them or that it is not possible at all [...]
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Too Few Seeking Eating Disorder Treatment

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The perils of eating disorders are more commonly discussed than ever before, and awareness of these mental illnesses has certainly increased. Even so, they continue to harm people at alarming rates [...]
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Eating Disorders and Anxiety: What Tools Are Available to Help?

Eating disorders and anxiety often occur together. One study found 53% of patients with eating disorders were also diagnosed with anxiety [1]. Another group of researchers concluded that those diagnosed with [...]
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