How to Maintain Your Eating Disorder Recovery Amidst a Pandemic

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Depressed young woman thinking about Genetics and Depression Contributor: Marissa Edwards, Ph.D., at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt As we all continue to adjust to our new COVID-19 reality, one thing is for certain: change is inevitable. Unfortunately, we weren’t given a “Surviving Coronavirus” manual to navigate these trying times! While new quarantine protocols and stay-at-home orders have posed challenges [...]
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Eating Disorder Treatment for Canadian Youth

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Young Lady in Group therapy after Returning to Eating Disorder Treatment This article topic about eating disorder treatment for Canadian youths may seem oddly specific to you, but its inspiration is incredibly relevant. A study was published in the Journal of Eating Disorders in 2020 focused solely on providing treatment guidelines for clinicians treating youth with eating disorder diagnoses in Canada [1]. Eating disorders are a huge [...]
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Eating Disorder Treatment for Neurodiverse Patients

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Lady sitting on a beach Contributor: Jessica Steinbach MPH, RD at Montecatini Eating Disorder Treatment Center Co-occurring disorders are often addressed in eating disorder treatment at every level. Dietitians, therapists, and other members of the treatment team work to recognize how the complexity of each individual case plays into eating disorder behaviors and the presence of disordered eating. Some co-occurring [...]
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Attention Bias Modification Training in Anorexia Nervosa

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Woman thinking about perimenopause Attention Bias Modification Training, or ABMT, is a technique originally used for Anxiety Disorders and is, according to Mercado [1], “a form of cognitive bias modification training with the potential for modifying AB triggered by different stimuli.” This form of modification training is used to train an individual’s attention towards stimuli that are not compatible [...]
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Eating Disorders and Mental Health

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young woman with illusion of Control in the Development of Eating Disorders Contributor: Staff at McCallum Place Eating disorders can cause individuals to experience a range of symptoms that can interfere with their ability to function. While many eating disorder symptoms are the result of disordered eating behaviors, there are many associated emotions that can lead to low self-esteem and difficulty participating socially. But is there a [...]
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Why Eating Disorders Affect More Men Than You Think

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Man researching exposure-based therapy on his smart phone. Contributor: Staff at Carolina House Ask 100 people on the street which gender they associate more with eating disorders, and you’ll probably get the same answer. For decades, the stigma has been that eating disorders almost exclusively affect women – young women, in particular. They do predominantly affect the female population, but the percentage of men [...]
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