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Lobby Day with the Eating Disorder Coalition
Yesterday I participated in a tweetchat with the Academy for Eating Disorders and Eating Disorder Coalition to learn more about Lobby Day. Here is a summary of the chat: What is Lobby Day? The Eating Disorder Coalition sponsors lobby days … Continue reading
Who Killed the 50 minute session?
What Consumers Should Know about Changes to Psychotherapy Sessions in 2013 By Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D., CEDS and Kantor & Kantor, LLP Unbeknownst to most mental health consumers, a change went into effect in January, 2013 that may have far-reaching ramifications … Continue reading
Recovery Record App
Since my first foray into using Recovery Record app several months ago, I was pleased to discover that it is now improved with an interface for clinicians to access their clients’ records which are linked through a code that patients … Continue reading
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Tagged Cognitive behavioral therapy, recovery app, Self-monitoring, Treatment
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A Family Guide
to the Neurobiology of Eating Disorders F.E.A.S.T. has produced a great article to help families understand the role of the brain in eating disorders. This is a must-read. Puzzling Symptoms: Eating Disorders and the Brain
ICED 2012
Two weeks ago I attended the International Conference on Eating Disorders, a conference sponsored by the Academy for Eating Disorders. My attendance at the annual conference allow me to stay up to date on the most recent advances in treatment … Continue reading
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Tagged Anorexia Nervosa, Cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure therapy, ICED, Treatment
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Empirically Validated Treatments
Empirically Validated Treatments For Eating Disorders Today’s Los Angeles Times contained an article which highlights Family Based Treatment and Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, two treatments I provide: Today, doctors and therapists focus on a handful of treatments that have been validated … Continue reading
Traveling With Your Anorexic
By Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D. and Therese Waterhous, Ph.D. Families often ask whether they should proceed with a previously scheduled trip or take a well-deserved “break” during the refeeding process. We advise that travel during Phase 1 of FBT be avoided … Continue reading
Exposure in the treatment of Eating Disorders
Exposure therapy is widely recognized as a necessary (and sometimes sufficient) ingredient of treatment for most of the anxiety disorders including phobias, panic disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Anxiety is a core psychological feature of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. … Continue reading
Surviving the first week of re-feeding
Surviving the first week of re-feeding your child using Maudsley Family Based Treatment Figuring out how to get your starving child to eat and gain weight is a daunting task. Parents often feel overwhelmed and helpless when starting out on … Continue reading
Mindful Eating
The definition of binge eating is “the consumption of large amounts of food associated with a feeling of loss of control over eating.” Individuals who binge eat describe the experience as almost dissociative. They are frantically eating large amounts of … Continue reading
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Tagged Binge eating, Bulimia Nervosa, Mindful eating, Mindfulness
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