Applying CBT Techniques to Manage Stressful Holiday Situations

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Woman enjoying holidays Contributor: Courtney Howard, B.A., Director of Operations & Business Development at Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope. While we aim for the holidays to be a vibrant and joyous time of year, they can also come with various stressful situations that serve as potential triggers for anyone in eating disorder recovery. By applying cognitive behavioral [...]
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Treatment Options For Elderly With an Eating Disorder

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Elderly woman undergoing eating disorder treatment Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope When it comes to eating disorders, these diseases to not discriminate on any factors, including age. A person of any age can be susceptible to having or developing an eating disorder, including elderly individuals. However, partially due to [...]
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Trigger-or-Treat: Halloween in Recovery

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Halloween celebrations Contributor: Courtney Howard, B.A., Director of Operations & Business Development at Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope. With Halloween less than one week away, the holiday season is officially here! The biggest concerns surrounding Halloween for some individuals might be what costume to wear or how to turn their front yard into a haunted house, [...]
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Dangers of Being Overconfident in Eating Disorder Recovery

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Woman feeling overconfident in eating disorder recovery Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope When it comes to recovering from an eating disorder, being overconfident in one’s efforts is not necessarily the first word that would come to mind in describing the journey. In fact, it is often quite the opposite. Many [...]
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How Long Should I Remain in Outpatient Treatment For Eating Disorder Recovery?

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Woman in the grass Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope The concept of being completely recovered from an eating disorder is something that continues to be debated among professionals. Having a mental illness with biological influences makes it difficult to understand if someone can be completely “cured” of [...]
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Having a Spouse That Deals With Chewing and Spitting Disorder

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Spouse supporting spouse Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope In the discussion of eating disorders, the main ones that typically come to mind include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. However, there are many lesser known eating disorders or forms of disordered eating that are [...]
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Athletes and Eating Disorders: Redefining an Injury and Expanding Identity in Treatment

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Female Athlete Running Athlete-patients are regularly reminded that an eating disorder is an injury – a metabolic injury. Similar to most physical injuries, eating disorders require proper treatment before it is safe to return to sport. It is important to recognize that an eating disorder is an injury so that expectations during treatment and upon return to training [...]
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How to Effectively Deal With Cyber Bullying

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Struggling with cyber bullying Contributor: Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, Director of Content and Social Media at Eating Disorder Hope/Addiction Hope Unfortunately, bullying behavior is a problematic behavior in our society and proliferant in many different settings, including schools, within home environments, college campuses, and even online. Cyber bullying has heightened in recent years with the increased use of [...]
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