Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions, but they also have a significant impact on physical health. Poor oral hygiene is one of the ways these conditions can physically manifest. If left untreated, these issues can lead to severe consequences for oral health, some of which may be irreversible.1 But with the right kind of [...]
Contributor: Lisa M. Sabo, BSN, RN, PMHN-BC and Anna Lybarger, BSN, RN, PMHN-BC at Princeton Center for Eating Disorders Often, individuals with eating disorders come to treatment not ready for progress – and in some cases, even feeling like they don’t deserve to recover. The eating disorder may be perceived as the only tangible thing [...]
A recent study on life satisfaction (LS) among individuals with eating disorders (EDs) revealed the surprising truth about how eating disorders affect one’s outlook on life, plus uncovered new implications for ED treatment and care. What is Life Satisfaction? Life satisfaction (LS) was famously defined by Ruut Veenhoven, a Dutch sociologist and authority on the [...]
Contributor: Nikki Rollo, Ph.D., LMFT, CEDS-S – National Director of Reasons Eating Disorder Center Integrating spirituality in eating disorder recovery is an essential part of any treatment model that takes a whole-person approach. Considering the totality of who you are is vital to establishing a good foundation for moving from disorder to wellness. Research shows [...]
Body checking is a term often used in the eating disorder realm. However, many do not know what it means or how common it is outside of the world of eating disorders. What is Body Checking? Body checking can be simply defined as compulsively or obsessively focusing and scrutinizing either the body as a whole [...]
Amidst the whirlwind of changes that have become our “new normal” since the COVID-19 outbreak, the increase in video-chatting is one of the biggest changes worldwide. In mid-March 2020, Google searches for the term “video chat” spiked worldwide, and searches for terms such as “games to play over video chat” increased +700% [1]. Now, more [...]
Grief is a profound emotion that can be painful to hold and even more painful to let go of. While most of us will experience grief or loss in our lifetime, we are often not prepared for it. Grief can blindside us and hold on tightly if we do not do our own work to [...]
Anger is one of 6 basic emotions identified in Paul Ekman’s “Atlas of Emotions.” These six emotions are ones that will be felt by everyone at one point or another [1]. Despite this, it is still one of the least socially acceptable emotions. We cannot face that which we are unwilling to accept, which is [...]
Shame is likely one of the most powerful emotional states for humans to experience. Shame creates the potential for any individual to behave contrary to themselves out of avoidance, self-punishment, or embarrassment. Shame is not only emotional but physical. We feel it in our cringing toes, tight chests, flushed faces, and our desire to disappear. [...]
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