Teenagers who are experiencing disordered thoughts surrounding eating and food can be blinded by their own thoughts as to the problems that arise from them. Worse, disordered eating behaviors often result from these thoughts – putting them at greater risk for severe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
