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The Eating Disorders Coalition’s Work for Those with Eating Disorders, Part II – Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill

In this series, Eating Disorder Hope Founder, Jacquelyn Ekern, interviews Chase Banister of the Eating Disorders Coalition to discuss the work they have been doing. In Part 2 of this 4-part interview with Eating Disorders Coalition Board of Directors President, Chase Banister, he discusses upcoming Advocacy Day and how they have adapted this important work [...]
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Honoring One’s Body & Comfort in Clothing Choices

Did you know the clothes you wear have a direct impact on how you think and feel? That’s right. According to research by Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire, “what we wear has cognitive, social and emotional consequences,” on us, she writes in a Huffington Post UK article [1]. Pine goes on to [...]
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Virtual CBT’s Success with Eating Disorder Treatment

Girl using online screening tool IOI-S to check for eating disorder symptoms

Virtual services have become more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic. Where previously clients had the option to see a provider virtually or face-to-face, it has now become the only way for many to receive mental health treatment at all. Even so, being the only option, virtual services, such as Virtual CBT, does not [...]
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The Relationship Between Attachment & Eating Disorders

Friends are Factors in Anorexia Treatment

The ways in which we forge a connection with others impacts every area of our lives, including our mental health. These attachment patterns can develop throughout any period of the lifespan and are often connected to the many familial, social, professional, and romantic relationships we encounter. In some cases, it can become an attachment disorder, [...]
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder & Anorexia Nervosa

The way that we view our bodies and feel existing in them is of the utmost importance. Body image can influence our self-view, feelings of worth, and fulfillment with our lives and ourselves. A negative or toxic body image has implications that can vary from feeling uncomfortable in one’s skin to having low self-worth to [...]
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Eating Disorders and the Holidays

Contributor: Norman Kim, Ph.D. – National Director of Reasons Eating Disorder Center When we think about some of the particular challenges of struggling with an eating disorder over the holidays, the first thing most people might think about is the food, and understandably so. Food is a central part of the holidays for all of [...]
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Overview of Online Eating Disorder Treatment Options

The COVID-19 pandemic has made online eating disorder treatment options a necessity. Aside from the need for social distancing, the pandemic has led to an increase in people that need professional support for their eating disorder [1]. This is likely due to the amount of uncertainty, stress, and isolation that people are enduring right now. [...]
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Feeling Out of Control in Eating

Feeling a loss of control over eating behaviors is an important symptom that can help distinguish between eating disorder diagnoses. This specific symptom can be incredibly troubling, as the concept of control and either having it or not having it has moral implications in our culture. Many who experience loss-of-control experience increased feelings of shame [...]
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Orthorexia & University Students in Mexico

Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is a word that is less common than the behavior it defines. Literally translated to “correct eating,” the term refers to “having a pathological obsession in pursuit of a healthy diet” and is characterized by an “obsessive and pathological approach to eating what is perceived as “healthy [1].” What Characterizes Orthorexia Many [...]
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Reflecting on Eating Disorder Progress in 2020

The end of the year is often a time of reflection. People may reflect on what they would like the upcoming year to bring and the past year’s events. For those in eating disorder recovery, this reflection might include looking back on the steps you’ve taken that have brought you close to a recovered life. [...]
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