How Genetic Variation May Impact Antidepressant Efficacy in Eating Disorder Treatment

This entry was posted in Research on by .
DNA Strand of Genetic Variation Impact on Eating Disorder Treatment Understanding the role of dietary deficiencies and genetic variation impact on the efficacy of medication can be an effective tool when treatment planning with patients and families. Incorporating information about individualized genetics as part of a larger conversation about medication trials or compliance may be useful for some patients and their treatment allies, including in [...]
Read More

High Suicide Risk in the Eating Disorder Population

This entry was posted in Mental Health on by .
Girl struggling with eating disorders Dr. Mark Gold’s Research You Can Use The eating disorder population is exposed to a greater probability of suicide and attempted suicide. A recent study, conducted by the University of Bologna, Italy, executed a meta-analysis of previous studies in order to compare proportions of suicide attempts in eating disorder sub-groups. Contrary to common belief, eating [...]
Read More

Fertility and Eating Disorders: What Is The Impact on Pregnancy?

This entry was posted in Women and Eating Disorders on by .
Woman concerned with Fertility and Eating Disorders Having a baby is the most amazing feat of love and the human body. Many in eating disorder recovery are concerned with fertility and eating disorders and they are afraid that their disorder will take that meaningful experience away from them. While it is true that the harmful effects eating disorders have on the body can [...]
Read More

Excessive Exercise & Eating Disorders – Movement of Recovery – Part IV

This entry was posted in Exercise & Eating Disorders on by .
Woman in Movement Therapy and showing Gratitude in Eating Disorder Recovery Developing a Movement Group in Inpatient Treatment – Part 2 What is “Appropriate” Movement? It is imperative for us to consider what appropriate movement is for someone in recovery. We want individuals to engage in Movement Therapy that helps them increase flexibility in the way that they view or think of physical movement. As such, we [...]
Read More

Excessive Exercise & Eating Disorders – Movement of Recovery – Part III

This entry was posted in Exercise & Eating Disorders on by .
lady doing Movement therapy in Movement Group for binge eating disorder Developing a Movement Group in Inpatient Treatment – Part 1 One research study showed great guidelines for movement in eating disorder recovery, and that was helpful for us in basing our movement group. Basic Guidelines for Movement Group For dance therapy or movement group, first and foremost, it talks about the importance of having a [...]
Read More

Excessive Exercise & Eating Disorders – Movement of Recovery – Part II

This entry was posted in Exercise & Eating Disorders on by .
Girl dancing in Movement Recovery As we both worked on this project, the first thing we made sure of was that we didn’t call it “exercise” recovery, instead, we use the word “movement.” There are a lot of negative connotations around the word exercise, whereas movement is a more flowy word that gets across what we are calling for in [...]
Read More

How to Seek and Find Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder

This entry was posted in Binge Eating Education on by .
Friends Hanging Out You’ve done it. You’ve decided to enter inpatient treatment for binge eating disorder (BED). That is incredible. You have been on an exhausting and challenging journey to get to this point, and we at Eating Disorder Hope are proud of you and happy you are here. You are probably wondering, “what now?” Resolving to get help is an [...]
Read More

Amy Waddle’s Recovery Story

This entry was posted in Stories of Hope on by .
Amy Waddle Image My name is Amy Waddle. I am an eating disorder, sexual abuse, suicide survivor who lives with Bipolar II disorder, and I’ve lived with bipolar since adolescence. I adopted the ups and downs and emotional darkness as “it’s just me” for almost ten years before being diagnosed at age 24. My eating disorder recovery process [...]
Read More