Contributor: Melissa O’Neill, LCSW, Director of Program Development at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Addictions and eating disorders rarely manifest alone. Whereas a patient may have a primary diagnosis of [...]
For those with limited english proficiency (LEP), facilities and practitioners use interpreters to communicate. Some studies done on interpreters in treatment settings indicate that few interpreters provide accurate translations for [...]
Many adolescents and teenagers today face eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Because of the severity of these mental illnesses, professional treatment and interventions are [...]
Having the chance to study abroad while in college is the opportunity of a lifetime for many students. Typically, a university or college campus will offer study-abroad programs with partnering [...]
It is not uncommon for people to yo-yo diet, which results in many ups and downs with food and [...]
Imagine struggling with an eating disorder and knowing your treatment will be fully covered. Sadly, most of those who have battled an eating disorder cannot fathom what this would feel [...]
Media literacy is defined as “the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms [1].” Research has shown that the way people perceive media has [...]
Patients Beyond Borders, an organization that works to connect individuals to quality healthcare and also publishes a medical-tourism guidebook, reported in 2007 that “patients spend between $3,800 and $6,000 per [...]
On the surface, bulimia nervosa can be greatly misunderstood, as this disease is often stigmatized and [...]
Some insurance programs can make it challenging for families to get coverage, but there are steps you can take to make the pre-approval process easier when seeking treatment for anorexia, [...]
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