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Antidepressant Use & Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Anorexia

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While holding hope for the possibility of eating disorder recovery is important, it is also necessary to acknowledge that not everyone experiences full eating disorder recovery. 20 to 30% of individuals diagnosed with anorexia nervosa will have a severe and enduring form [1]. Researchers are attempting to reduce this number by constantly exploring new treatment modalities. One [...]
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Dude, You Have an Eating Disorder

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Contributor: Andrew Walen, LCSW-C, LICSW, CEDS, Founder and Executive Director of The Body Image Therapy Center Yes, males can develop an eating disorder. It may not seem like it, as you rarely hear about it. Males do not seek treatment as often as others. Their behaviors are different. Their language is different. But the negative [...]
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Eating Disorders and Co-Occurring Diabetes Treated with ACT

Type 1 (T1) diabetes is a medical condition that affects someone’s endocrine system [1]. Diabetes causes someone’s immune system to attack some of the cells in someone’s pancreas. This then impacts their ability to produce insulin [1]. If diabetes is left untreated, it can be deadly [1]. To keep themselves alive and healthy, people with [...]
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Maintaining Eating Disorder Recovery in the Foodservice Industry

From daily meals to social commentary on food, there are many aspects of daily life that can be triggering to someone in eating disorder recovery. For those that work in the food industry, this interaction with the object of their disorder is unavoidable and can feel conflicting. On one side, there is exposure to what used [...]
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Be My Galentine: Valentine’s Day Through a Friend Lens

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Last year, I was invited to something I had never heard about before: A Galentine’s Party. At first, I merely thought my friend had misspelled the word Valentine’s Day on my invitation. Little did I know, this play on words describes a get-together with friends around Valentine’s Day. In other words, it was a time [...]
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Unique Concerns for Tweens with Eating Disorders

Body image is a growing concern for those in the chaotic transition between childhood and adolescence. Pre-adolescence or Tweens, defined as being between ages 10 to 13, is a formative time when children begin to internalize social and familial beliefs around the body, food, exercise, and the self. These malleable minds may quickly pick-up beliefs [...]
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Abusing Appetite Suppressants & Diet Pills

It is not common to see posts or blogs relating to eating disorders that blatantly refer to disordered eating behaviors being practiced. Articles and social media posts will refer to these behaviors without naming them, seemingly in fear that naming a behavior will trigger someone to use it who otherwise might not have. However, in [...]
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Demi Lovato – Authenticity in Struggle to Recover from Bulimia

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Nearly a decade after Demi Lovato first opened up about her struggles with bulimia, self-harm, and other mental health issues, the now-28-year-old singer has once again used her platform to speak up about her struggle to recover from bulimia. Relapse for Demi Lovato During Eating Disorder Recovery In a February 2020 interview on Ashley Graham’s [...]
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FREED & Early Intervention in Eating Disorders

First Episode Rapid Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) is a treatment model that was developed in the United Kingdom [1]. This approach is unique because it aims to provide treatment quickly to people age 16 to 25 who have had their eating disorder for less than three years [1]. This is different than the traditional [...]
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