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An Open and Informed Medical Approach
Clementine Psychiatrist Lauren Ozbolt, MD, CEDS, FAPA is board certified in adolescent, adult and child psychiatry and oversees the psychiatric care and attending psychiatrists at Clementine. Dr. Ozbolt explains how she establishes a strong rapport with the adolescent...
Common Stressors in the Teenage Years – and Their Impact on Eating Disorder Recovery
Without a way to mitigate its impacts, stress can have a profoundly negative impact on teens as they work on becoming and remaining recovered at residential treatment programs. Unfortunately, as they navigate the demands of daily life, teens face a wide range of...
Addressing Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors During Teenage Eating Disorder Treatment
With disordered eating attitudes clouding their vision, teenagers can have a truly difficult time even seeing a clear path toward eating disorder recovery - or realizing they need one. Disordered behaviors often result from these thoughts and put teens at serious risk...
Eight Benefits That Choosing Eating Disorder Residential Treatment Programs for Teens Provides
Like most other behavioral conditions, choosing residential programs for teens who have an eating disorder provides them with several significant benefits. Understanding these advantages and the role they have in the recovery of teens with eating disorders makes it...
Is Bulimia Nervosa Residential Treatment Necessary? Here’s How to Tell
Bulimia nervosa, like all eating disorders, is a complex combination of physical, emotional and mental factors that do not look the same in every person. That being said, there are some general guidelines displayed in order to be formally diagnosed with bulimia...
Inpatient or Outpatient: How to Choose a Center for Eating Disorders
Realizing a loved one has an eating disorder typically brings up a range of emotions in her family members, friends, coworkers and the other people who are close to her. While many of the people in her life will be filled with blame for themselves and wonder if things...
Is Treatment for Teens with Eating Disorders and Type 1 Diabetes Different from Other Eating Disorder Treatments?
Eating disorders (ED) such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa,and binge eating disorder are characterized by persistent and abnormal eating patterns that pose a serious threat to an individual's physical and mental health. In addition, eating disorders are directly...
Binge Eating Disorder: What is it?
Executive Director of Oliver-Pyatt Centers and Clementine Miami Melissa Spann, PhD, CEDS-S shares an informative piece on Binge Eating Disorder. Dr. Spann discusses the potential causes and symptoms in part one of her two part series… Society unfortunately has a...
Am I Enabling My Child’s Eating Disorder
Becky Henry is trained as a Certified, Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), ACC and provides radical support for caregivers to become effective guides for their loved one in eating disorder recovery. In this post, Becky discusses Enabling and Support. Full...
What to Do When Your Child Needs Care for Both an Eating Disorder and a Psychiatric Disorder
In the treatment of children and teens with eating disorders, it is very common for co-occurring psychiatric disorders to require treatment as well. In fact, up to 98 percent of people with anorexia nervosa and 97 percent of people with bulimia nervosa show signs of...
Reading List to Promote Body Acceptance and More Inspiration Articles
Join us in reading inspirational and informative articles we have cultivated from across the web. If you have found an article you feel is inspirational, explores current research, or is a knowledgeable piece of literature and would like to share with us please send...
Four Problematic Ways the Media Depicts Bulimia Nervosa
The influence of the media has the potential to impact how teens and adolescents perceive themselves and the world around them. When the media shares misinformation about bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders, or fails to provide follow-up resources for bulimia...
Why Anger is Different from Other Emotions
Karin Lawson, PsyD, CEDS-S, is a licensed Florida psychologist. She holds a certification as an eating disorder specialist and approved eating disorder supervisor as designed by IAEDP. Karin currently works with adult clients in her private practice locations, Miami...
Recovering or Recovered? How Effective Eating Disorder Treatment Differentiates Between the Two
Effective eating disorder treatment programs center their care process around helping patients replace disordered thoughts and behaviors with healthier alternatives. As a part of this process, it is important to replace negative thought patterns with positive ones as...
What Qualities Are Most Important in an Eating Disorder Treatment Program for Teens?
There has been a great deal of research regarding the development of eating disorders. This research indicates eating disorders are most likely the result of a combination of factors including those that are environmental, genetic and biological. The clinical staff at...
Social Media: Friend or Foe?
Monte Nido & Affiliates Senior Director of East Coast Clinical Programming Melissa Coffin, PhD, CEDS is dedicated to supporting the successful treatment of people working towards a full recovery. In this week's blog post, Melissa discusses the power of social media...
Mindfulness in Eating Disorder Recovery
Monte Nido & Affiliates Vice President of Clinical Programming Keesha Amezcua, MA, LMFT, CEDS has over 10 years of experience working in the eating disorder field and is trained in EMDR. In this week’s blog post, Keesha discusses mindfulness and how it can be...
What Qualities Are Most Important in an Eating Disorder Treatment Program for Teens?
Body image issues in teens are extremely common. Unfortunately, ongoing concern with the body image of a teenage girl can eventually develop into one or more eating disorders. These disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, impact teenage girls across...
Education – My Top 10 Tips When a Child is Diagnosed with an Eating Disorder
Becky Henry is trained as a Certified, Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and provides radical support for caregivers to become effective guides for their loved one in eating disorder recovery. In this week’s post, Becky discusses the need for education for the...
How Helpful are New Year’s Resolutions for Eating Disorders in Teens
With a new year dawning, it is common for people to start thinking about ways to better themselves and enhance their lives. A New Year feels like hope and a fresh start. Health priorities, such as weight management, often top the list of most popular New Year's...
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