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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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Warning: Dieting Increases Your Risk …
of Gaining MORE Weight (An Update) This post was written by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD for NEDA for National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (which begins February 26, 2012). Original article published here. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) asked if … Continue reading
Family-based treatment for adolescent eating disorders
Eating disorders, including Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, are affecting greater numbers of adolescents and even children and early intervention is critical. If not identified or treated early, eating disorders can become chronic and cause serious or even life-threatening medical … Continue reading