Every May is the National Mental Health Awareness month. During this time, people can learn more about mental health treatment and raise awareness about recognizing, treating, and coping with mental illness. Certainly, eating disorders such as ARFID, anorexia nervosa,...
Besides the myriad physical, emotional, and even hormonal changes that adolescence brings, one new aspect of life for a teenager is increasing responsibility. This might mean taking on a part-time job, becoming a leader on an afterschool team or club, or even just...
Mental health conditions are hard to talk about. For adolescents, a growing sense of independence from their parents often leads them to avoid talking about sensitive or embarrassing subjects,and for many parents, a desire to give privacy to their children prevents...
It’s difficult for parents to know the right time to get mental health treatment for their children, especially during the turbulent adolescents years. There are many reasons for this. First, it’s hard to tell the difference between normal adolescent “growing pains”...
Aftercare is just as vital a part of eating disorder recovery as residential or day treatment. While most eating disorder treatment centers will provide online resources and other aftercare programs, people in recovery will have to learn to increase self-sufficiency...
In honor of National Nutrition Awareness Month in 2021, we want to take a deeper look at how nutrition plays a central role in eating disorder recovery. We’re not going to bore you with breakdowns of statistics that a nutritionist might provide in a non-eating...
