Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, and also, Food Addiction?

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sketch of the human brain and Cortical Folding Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa  There has been some debate over the diagnostic groups, characterization, and relevance to therapy for patients with disordered eating. However, Eating Disorders are important and common. Estimates suggest that the prevalence of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is 0.6%, 1.0% for Bulimia Nervosa (BN), and 2.8% for Binge Eating Disorder (BED). [...]
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Emotional Avoidance Maintains Mental Illness

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Young girl struggling with Emotional Avoidance Imagine requesting your patient place their hand on a hot burner and allow themselves to fully engage their awareness and presence with the sensation of their burning flesh. This seems counter-intuitive, unethical and downright cruel. It certainly would not add therapeutic value. Surprisingly though, learning to move toward the physical discomfort and even pain that [...]
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What is LGBTQ+ Friendly Treatment for Anorexia, Bulimia & Binge Eating Disorder?

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Group of women overcoming an eating disorder It is a common misconception that the majority of eating disorder sufferers are white, cisgender (individuals who have a match between the gender they were assigned at birth, their bodies, and their personal identity) females of high socioeconomic status. However, in reality, many marginalized people, including LGBTQ+ people, also suffer from eating disorders. So, what [...]
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Weekly Hope Podcast

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Discovering You in Your Desire Margaret Nagib, PsyD is Faculty Lead at Timberline Knolls Clinical Development Institute. Orthorexia: How to Define “Health” Amidst the Chaos Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD-S is the owner of Congruence Consulting and EatingDisorderJobs.com. Living in Truth in Recovery RaeLynn DeAngelis – Founder & Executive Director of Living in Truth Ministries is an [...]
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How to Support Your Child If They Are Struggling with Bulimia During the Holidays

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Teen Adolescent Girl in Winter with Umbrella Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center For adolescents struggling with bulimia, the holidays can be a less-than-cheerful time of year. Young people who have bulimia are often confronted with culturally approved disordered eating habits during the holidays as friends and relatives restrict their food intake so that they can binge on that big [...]
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The Beauty of Optimizing Your Eating Disorder Treatment

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Girl Developing an Eating Disorder Contributor: Joy Linn, MFT – Interim Executive Clinical Director at The Lotus Collaborative Terrified of embarking on eating disorder treatment? You’re definitely not alone. So much of the process of seeking and engaging in professional treatment for an eating disorder is a daunting one with barriers to hurdle. Taking a page from Dialectical behavioral therapy [...]
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Dealing with Depression and Disordered Eating

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Depressed young woman thinking about Genetics and Depression Depression and disordered eating are two challenging mental illnesses to overcome. This makes it even more difficult when they co-occur, which happens often considering depression is the most common co-morbid diagnosis in patients with eating disorders [1]. If you were to create a Venn diagram of both disorders, many of the shared symptoms would fall [...]
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5 Tips for Choosing the Best Eating Disorder Rehab for You

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Girl trying to choose the Best Eating Disorder Rehabs Selecting a treatment program and choosing from the best eating disorder rehabs for an eating disorder is a significant decision for several reasons. Treatment is a commitment of time, money, and emotional resources. I’ve worked in the field of eating disorders since 2003 at three different centers. I’ve also interacted with professionals from dozens of [...]
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