Clinicians in Recovery: Identifying Burnout and Relapse Tendencies

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Career woman Contributor: Amy M. Klimek, MA, LCPC, Director of Program Development, Eating Disorder Program Coordinator, Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Many individuals who have found healing and recovery from an eating disorder will feel compelled to give back to the community in some shape or form. A particular clinician or professional who supported recovery efforts during [...]
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Petition Against Plastic Surgery Apps for Kids

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Gender expansive person struggling with eating disorder A recent petition by Endangered Bodies has been making the rounds on social media to combat plastic surgery apps aimed at children, calling for their removal by Apple, Google, and Amazon. An Endangered Bodies representative was shocked to discover the “Plastic Surgery Simulator” app, quickly learning there were many similar games available on mobile devices [...]
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Are Your Clothes Hurting Your Body Image? Challenging Clothes Size

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Woman in clothes on stairs Many individuals who have struggled with an eating disorder also commonly have a difficult time learning to embrace their body, whatever their size may be. Often as a result of drastic eating disorder behaviors, a person with an eating disorder, such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, may have some degree of body dysmorphia, [...]
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Benefits of Exercise for Co-Occurring Eating Disorders and Schizophrenia

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Woman running with Compulsive Exercise and Eating Disorders Eating disorders are complex psychiatric illnesses that involve a combination of biological, psychosocial and environmental factors. Because the underlying factors of eating disorders are similar to those that influence other mental illnesses, it is not uncommon for co-occurring disorders to occur. Co-occurring disorders involve two or more mental illnesses that develop alongside each other. Among [...]
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