How to Reverse Dental Damage Caused by Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by an individual binging on more food than is typical within a discrete period of time and then using compensatory behaviors to rid [...]
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Recognizing Eating Disorders in Veterans with PTSD

Eating disorders are serious diseases that affect both body and mind. An eating disorder can be anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder. Regardless of the eating disorder individuals [...]
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How Often do Eating Disorders & Addiction Co-Occur in Teens?

teenager relapsing into Bulimia and standing on a hill

Eating disorders and addictions tend to be commonly associated. In addition to addictive behaviors, compulsive eating patterns have been associated with high-risk substance abuse [1]. Some sufferers turn to alcohol [...]
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What Coping Tools Work for My Eating Disorder and Anxiety?

Coping skills are helpful in the recovery process. When someone with anorexia nervosa has a comorbid diagnosis of anxiety, often the phrase ‘coping skills’ can seem unhelpful. While working with [...]
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Identifying Co-Occurring Depression in Teens with EDs

Adolescents experiencing an eating disorder (ED) are often diagnosed with co-occurring mood disorders, particularly depression. In fact, research estimates that 23-48% of adolescents with an ED have comorbid depression [1]. [...]
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Electrolyte Issues From Bulimia – Knowing the Warning Signs

Electrolytes like calcium, sodium, and potassium help your body transmit electrical impulses, and they move from cell to cell through fluids in your tissues. If your hydration levels rise or [...]
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ED Examination Questionnaire Adolescents Validity Questioned

To properly treat eating disorders (EDs), clinicians must use the best tools for every population. Researchers are continually working to ensure that every questionnaire, test, and treatment involved in ED [...]
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BED and Depression: The Dangers of Self-Medicating with Food

Depression commonly occurs alongside those struggling with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and the combination of the two can have long-standing consequences. Researchers and clinicians have explored the relationship between both [...]
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Thanksgiving Triggers and Living with Binge Eating Disorder

Woman working on Long-Lasting Recovery from Anorexia

Thanksgiving is intended to be a time of thankfulness and relaxation. For the 3.5% of women, and 2% of men, that experience Binge Eating Disorder (BED), it can also be a [...]
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Why Amazon’s Pro-Anorexia Sweatshirt Shows a Larger Problem

Contributor: Jessica Masbaum, LCSW, Therapist and Clinical Lead, Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center. This past week, Amazon came under fire for the sale of a pro-anorexia sweatshirt from vendor “ArturoBuch” that [...]
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