Observations of Eating Disorders in the LGBTQ+ Community

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Woman thinks about Effective Anorexia Treatment Hello there, everyone. There is an unacceptable and disastrous trend when it comes to eating disorders in the LGBTQ+ community. This affects the community both by suffering from a multitude of hardships that drive individuals towards eating disorders and by being barred from the treatment that would save them. This is a real and life-threating [...]
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The Incarnation of Christ and the Value of the Human Body

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Hands Presenting Cross Christian Content Track For Christians, the power of the Christmas story is that hope lies with a baby born in a farmhouse to a young woman 2,000 years ago. Charles Wesley, in his well-known Christmas hymn, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, bids us to join the angels as they proclaim Jesus’ incarnation: Christ by highest heav’n [...]
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Setting Reasonable Expectations for Eating Disorder Recovery in 2020

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attractive lady overcoming compulsive overeating Our culture is constantly chasing the concept of instant gratification. In fact, this is one of the factors that make an individual vulnerable to developing disordered eating patterns as a “quick fix” to achieve a certain appearance or resolve personal or mental health challenges. But, eating disorder recovery is not a “quick fix”. It is this [...]
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Defining Night Eating Syndrome Disorder

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Woman struggling with eating disorder during COVID-19 Many of us know the main eating disorder diagnoses – anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. However, beyond these, there are many disordered eating behaviors and potential diagnoses such as Night Eating Syndrome (NES) that are described under the “Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder” category of the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and [...]
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Emotion Regulation Challenges Among Teenage Girls Who Have Anorexia or Depression

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Girl walking and struggling with Emotion Regulation Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center Given the physical, psychological, and social transformations that are characteristic of adolescence, it is not uncommon for a teen to experience temporary challenges related to healthy or appropriate emotion regulation strategies. For teenage girls who have developed anorexia nervosa or a depressive disorder, the likelihood that they [...]
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DBT Skills and Calming the Anxious Mind

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Woman with binge eating disorder seated by the river Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a mental health treatment methodology that has been around since psychologist Marsha Linehan developed it in the 1980s to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Over time, it has become clear that this treatment is effective at treating BPD and so many other mental illnesses. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a twist on [...]
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Body Awareness Therapy Benefits in Binge Eating Disorder Treatment

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Lady working with therapist with Body Awareness Therapy We are expanding our understanding of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) more than ever before, gaining a deeper understanding of the psychology, experiences, and symptoms of those struggling. Even so, a recent study published in the Journal of Eating Disorders noted that this information doesn’t seem to be applied to current treatment methodologies and hypothesizes that this [...]
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Self-Image and Eating Disorders – What We Know

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Woman struggling with an eating disorder and with Suicide Rates in Those who Suffer with Binge Eating Disorder The research is clear that the concepts of self-image and self-view are absolutely related to eating disorders. Self-image refers to the way that we view ourselves, our personality, our appearance, and our choices and how this impacts our self-view and role in the world. It is not surprising, then, that eating disorders and self-image are interconnected, [...]
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Alternatives to Consider for Bariatric Surgery

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Doctors working on Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Bariatric surgery consists of gastric bypass and other weight-loss surgeries such as adjustable gastric bands and sleeve gastrectomy. These surgeries involve making changes to the digestive system in order to lose weight. Bariatric surgery is typically done when diet and exercise have not resulted in long-term weight loss, or serious health problems are thought to [...]
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Clean Eating Can Trigger Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating Disorder

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Lady making one of her many meals for her Grazing diet Many often ask “what’s the problem with attempting healthful eating or clean eating?” and the National Eating Disorders Association provided the perfect response, stating that “although being aware of and concerned with the nutritional quality of the food you eat isn’t a problem in-and-of-itself, people with orthorexia become so fixated on so-called ‘healthy eating’ that [...]
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