Addressing the Connection Between Mood Disorders and Eating Disorders: Insights from Recent Research
Monte Nido’s most recent outcomes show that 85% of all clients had a co-occurring diagnosis of a mood, anxiety or…
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Depression and Eating Disorders: The Connection Explained
Weight changes, fatigue and insomnia can be common signs of both depression and eating disorders. So, how can you figure…
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Rethinking Exercise: Joyful Movement Is Possible in Eating Disorder Recovery
In our appearance-obsessed culture, exercise is often portrayed as a means to attain the “perfect” body, rather than a practice…
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What Does a Dietitian Do?
The terms dietitian, nutritionist, and nutrition coach are often used interchangeably -- but they are not the same. A dietitian,…
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Coping with Summer Eating Disorder Triggers
Many eating disorder triggers tend to intensify around spring break and the summer months that follow. This poses significant challenges…
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Bright Spots: Recent Breakthroughs in Eating Disorder Treatment Options
Living with an eating disorder is incredibly challenging and can ultimately be life-threatening. These conditions intertwine mental and physical health…
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Embracing Recovery: Facing Eating Disorders over Summer Break
As summer approaches, individuals struggling with eating disorders may experience an increase in anxiety. With summer comes holiday gatherings, a…
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The Role of Body Positivity in Eating Disorder Treatment & Recovery
Our relationships with our bodies are deeply personal, constantly shifting and evolving throughout our lifetimes. If you have lived experience…
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What Are PHP and IOP Treatments for Eating Disorders?
Eating disorders are serious conditions that can affect anyone, regardless of gender, age, body size, and socioeconomic background. Eating disorders…
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What Exactly Does an Eating Disorder Therapist Do?
Recovery from eating disorders (EDs) requires compassion, understanding, and a comprehensive approach. These mental health conditions can have serious consequences…
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Exploring the Link Between Trauma, PTSD, and Eating Disorders: A Comprehensive Study
Traditionally, the consensus in the eating disorder (ED) field had been to avoid trauma work during intensive treatment, opting to…
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What is the Best Treatment for ARFID?
It’s not unusual to experience some selectiveness around food. Many people have allergies that limit their food choices, others are…
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4 Approaches Proven to Treat Eating Disorders in Adults
There’s a significant treatment gap when it comes to adults with eating disorders: Nearly 30 million Americans will develop an…
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Supporting Mothers in Recovery
Pursuing treatment for an eating disorder or another mental health concern can be incredibly difficult, especially for mothers who may…
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Is Outpatient Eating Disorder Treatment Right for You? Understanding Different Levels of Care
When you’re searching for eating disorder treatment, the options can feel overwhelming—just the acronyms alone (IOP, PHP, FBT?) are dizzying.…
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How to Help Patients Navigate the Holiday Season in Recovery
With the abundance of food, shared mealtimes, and large social gatherings, the holiday season can be immensely difficult for anyone…
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Tips for Removing Morality from Food
Whether it be through advertising, social media, or even within supermarkets, we as people seem to continuously assign moral values…
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Juggling Priorities: Navigating Eating Disorder Treatment & Extracurriculars
Your child starts exhibiting the signs of an eating disorder. You contact an eating disorder treatment center for help and…
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A Guide to Children and Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a serious health condition that can impact anyone regardless of gender, race, background, and even age.…
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What Happens When I Call An Eating Disorder Helpline?
It can be overwhelming and isolating to struggle with an eating disorder. Disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and…
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Using HAES Principles to Help Treat Patients with “Atypical” Anorexia
Body weight and body mass index (BMI), while inaccurate and inappropriate for many reasons, are still used to indicate the…
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How Body Image Fits Into Eating Disorder Treatment
Many eating disorder symptoms have to do with bodies: being preoccupied with your body, going to great lengths to change…
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Eating Disorders, Suicide, & Shame
CW: Mentions of Suicide Pretty much anyone who knows me also knows that I've recovered from an eating disorder. As…
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How Does Eating Disorder Therapy Work?
When someone is struggling with their mental health, the first recommendation they often get is to see a therapist—and often,…
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I Felt Alone When Diagnosed with ARFID – Until I Found Mentorship
I once met with a registered dietitian who was new to my treatment team, and when I mentioned my eating…
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What Is an Eating Disorder Helpline?
At the National Alliance for Eating Disorders (“The Alliance”), our mission is to create better access to education, referrals, and…
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Debunking 4 Myths of Virtual Eating Disorder Treatment Programs
Advances in technology, the changing needs of those living with eating disorders, and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have…
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What Is Inpatient Eating Disorder Treatment? 5 Things to Know
An eating disorder is a dangerous and potentially fatal mental health condition that should be treated by medical professionals. For…
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Science says Family-Based Treatment (FBT) is the Most Effective Treatment for Eating Disorders—Here’s Why
Maris Degener and her family had just begun seeking eating disorder treatment when they were given a pamphlet for something…
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Managing Your Recovery During the Holidays
The holidays are a time of celebration and joy for many, but for a person who’s in eating disorder recovery,…
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8 Tips for Thriving During the Holidays With an Eating Disorder
The holiday season can be a joyful time filled with social gatherings, family traditions, and abundant food. However, for those…
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Ethics in Eating Disorder Treatment
Eating disorder clinicians are guided by ethics to ensure the best for every patient that comes into their care. In…
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Exploring the Role of Psychiatric Care for Eating Disorder Treatment
Being serious mental health disorders that can have severe mental and physical health consequences, eating disorders often require extensive psychiatric…
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Will College and Outpatient Recovery Work for Me?
Are you wondering if it’s possible to balance both school and outpatient treatment? The answer is yes! While college can…
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Using Biofeedback to Treat Eating Disorders
What is biofeedback? Biofeedback is a tool used to practice self-regulation and can help improve anxiety, stress, sleep, mood, and…
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The Benefits of Seeking Eating Disorder Treatment in the Fall
If you are thinking about postponing eating disorder treatment until after the holidays, consider some of the benefits of reaching…
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Four Ways Trauma Care Informs Eating Disorder Treatment
*CW: Mentions of Trauma* Eating disorder treatment experts know unequivocally that trauma and PTSD are important contributing factors in…
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Grocery Shopping in Eating Disorder Recovery
It’s been a few weeks since you’ve completed treatment. You have learned coping strategies to manage eating disorder impulses and…
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How to Create a Positive Online Environment to Help People Recovering from Eating Disorders
Could we imagine scrolling through our social media feeds to see that body diversity is honored and was a space…
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Being Non-binary in Recovery
When I first came to terms with needing help for a life-threatening eating disorder, I had no idea I would…
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The Vital Importance of Gender-Informed Care
Gender-informed care is close to my heart. When working with clients with an eating disorder, a gender-informed lens is necessary,…
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The Healing Potential of Art Therapy
Art therapy is an integrative mental health field that is often used in the treatment of eating disorders. While traditional…
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Why Group Therapy? – The Benefits of Connection
“There simply is no pill that can replace human connection. There is no pharmacy that can fill the need for…
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Navigating the Thanksgiving Holiday
Apparently it’s November again (Mentally: Still in March 2020), and we are approaching another holiday season. The holidays can be…
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I Wish I Had findEDhelp When I Was Struggling
When I was in high school and first started struggling with “eating issues,” as my family labeled it, my parents…
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5 Secrets to Cultivating Positive Body Image
“Mirror mirror on the wall, You don’t get to make the call Of who I am, or how I see,…
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Can I Exercise During My Eating Disorder Recovery?
Movement and exercise play a complicated but important role in eating disorder treatment. Exercise, perhaps more than any other aspect…
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8 Steps to Take Toward Recovery This Year
For those living with an eating disorder, maybe 2020 can be the year you start to work toward recovery. No…
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How Do We Navigate Negative Food and Body Image Talk?
As we celebrate the holidays, we are reunited with many family members and loved ones. We know from experience as…
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Surviving the Holidays with an Eating Disorder
I’m sure we’ve all heard the song, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. No matter what holiday(s) you…
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Healthy Communication in Eating Disorder Recovery
Not surprisingly, a major focus of therapy for people who have eating disorders is helping them to develop healthier ways…
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Your Meal Plan: Build a Strong Foundation
I often ask my clients to think of their meal plan like the blueprints for building a house. Some parts…
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Where Mechanical Eating Meets Intuitive Eating
Eating disorders can be consuming and overwhelming. The process of recovery is often described as a roller-coaster of emotions that…
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Experiencing Emotions in Eating Disorder Recovery
"It seems like I am experiencing my feelings, now that I am no longer bingeing and purging my emotions”. This…
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10 Recovery Tips and Strategies for Thriving during the Holiday Season
Are you finding an increase in anxiety due to the start of the holiday season? What comes to mind when…
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Treating Patients with Eating Disorders: It Takes a Village
The treatment of eating disorders is one of healthcare’s most complex therapeutic pathways. Helping patients achieve recovery requires a sustained,…
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Learning to Embrace Your Anxiety
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” – Wayne Dyer For…
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