by Carrie Hunnicutt | Jul 2, 2020 | Eating Disorder
Coming to the realization and acceptance that your child is developing an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder is a difficult scenario for any family. While eating disorders can begin at any age, late adolescence and young...
by Carrie Hunnicutt | Jun 19, 2020 | Eating Disorder
Anxiety disorders and eating disorders are known to occur at the same time. Here, we’ll look at the connection between them and examine what a co-occurring disorder diagnosis means for treatment. Eating disorders affect more than 30 million Americans. Within this...
by reporting | May 29, 2020 | Eating Disorder
As a parent, helping your child secure help for an eating disorder can be quite a challenge, emotionally and in terms of making changes to your life and your child’s. Even more difficult than the initial treatment process, the aftermath of treatment is rife with...
by Carrie Hunnicutt | Apr 10, 2020 | Eating Disorder
Eating disorders affect children and young adults more than the general population, for a multitude of reasons. Adolescents are full of changing neurochemicals, subjected to stress and trying to establish their place in society. Now with the difficulties that social...
by Greer Findura | Mar 25, 2020 | Eating Disorder
Senior Director of Clinical Programming Melissa Coffin, PhD, CEDS-S shares ways to stay connected during this time of social distancing during COVID-19. Read on to learn some of Dr. Coffin’s tips… If you’ve been working on recovery from your eating disorder, you are...
by Carrie Hunnicutt | Mar 20, 2020 | Eating Disorder
Eating disorders tend to occur in people who have high levels of stress that they feel are outside their control. Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa, in particular, are disordered ways of coping with social pressures that create a sense of control within the...
