Service Dogs and Eating Disorder Recovery

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Emotional Support Animals and eating disorder recovery Studies show that multi-faceted eating disorder treatment leads to the most successful outcomes. Broadly, this means individuals have a higher chance of recovery if they are treated by a team of therapists, medical doctors, nutritionists, and possibly physical therapists. Outside of these main players, individuals may enlist their own specific types of support, such as [...]
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Compulsive Exercise & Anorexia: A Dangerous Combination

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Exercise Anorexia and compulsive exercise often go hand in hand. Tragically, they can be a dangerous (or even deadly) combination. But what is the driving motivator behind compulsive exercise in anorexics, and how does compulsive exercise specifically impact the physical and mental health of individuals with anorexia? What Is Compulsive Exercise? Before we look at the [...]
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Eating Disorders During the COVID-19 Crisis: The Importance of Engagement & Outreach

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Woman concerned with her eating disorder and the upcoming holidays A huge life-change or world event will impact individuals to varying degrees. Eating disorders during COVID-19 are no different. By late-May 2020, one-third of Americans were showing signs of clinician anxiety, presumably related to the outbreak of COVID-19 [1]. For some populations, the impact is predictable, and we have seen that in the way the [...]
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Why Understanding Health at Every Size® Improves Body Image

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African American Mother Kissing Her Daughter The Health At Every Size® (HAES) approach is a continuously evolving alternative to health’s conventional weight-centered approach. The conventional weight-centered approach to health emphasizes measures like weight and BMI as essential health indicators. This conventional model of health often purports weight loss, weight control, or weight management as an effective way to improve or sustain [...]
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Disordered Eating Across the Lifespan

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Asian American Woman in Wheat Field Contributor: Staff at Carolina House It is no surprise that women from all backgrounds may go through a period of disordered eating and body dissatisfaction at some point in their life. Historically, therapists have been aware of disordered eating among adolescents and young adults, but now clinicians are facing increased instances of disordered eating among [...]
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Unique Considerations of Seeking Binge Eating Disorder Treatment in the Military

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Balanced meal set on the dinner table In this series’s first two articles, we explored the unique aspects of military members’ experiences related to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa development and treatment. This final installment will focus on Binge Eating Disorder (BED). The previous articles explored the challenging emphasis on power, control, and perfection in the military subculture as well as how [...]
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Unique Considerations of Seeking Treatment for Bulimia in the Military

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Man lifting weights while suffering from Compulsive Exercise The first article in this series made it clear that the subculture of the military comes with its own unique challenges that impact eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. The emphasis on power, control, and perfection, as well as physical fitness and the thin ideal, can absolutely lead to [...]
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Unique Considerations of Seeking Anorexia Treatment in the Military

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Woman soldier in the military According to the National Guard Association of the United States, Eating disorder diagnoses among military members have risen 26% over five years (1). The military and anorexia have a complicated relationship. Military personnel undergo unique life experiences that can make them more vulnerable to these disorders. In this 3-part series, we will examine how military [...]
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