The musculoskeletal system includes all the parts of your body that help you move, primarily your bones and muscles. Eating disorders can negatively impact this system. This post will focus [...]
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Eating disorders impact people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or economic status. Even though eating disorders impact people from all populations, there are certain groups of people [...]
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Eating disorders are biological, psychological, and social disorders that wreak havoc on the body, mind, and lives of those that struggle with them. 28.8 million individuals in the United States [...]
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Eating disorders are more commonly discussed in our culture, however, much of what people believe they understand about eating disorders is false. Identifying, diagnosing, and treating these disorders is much [...]
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Someone is dealing with co-occurring disorders if they have more than one mental or physical disorder at a time. There are certain co-occurring disorders that are common in people with [...]
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Purging disorder isn’t an official diagnosis in the DSM-5. The DSM-5 is the manual that doctors and mental health professionals use in order to diagnose medical and mental health conditions. [...]
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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder diagnosis that, while lesser known, is commonly experienced by both adults and children. Many misinterpret ARFID behaviors as “picky eating,” which [...]
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Alcohol abuse and eating disorder behaviors are a worrying and dangerous combination that can result in severe negative impact to one’s medical, mental, and emotional health. While the term “drunkorexia” [...]
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Eating disorders commonly occur alongside substance use disorders. This is often referred to as a “dual diagnosis.” Approximately 27% of individuals with Anorexia Nervosa, 36.8% of those with Bulimia Nervosa, [...]
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On the surface, compulsive overeating might seem like it’s about hunger. But if we take a deeper look, this eating behavior is about more than that. It’s usually a way [...]
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