When helping a family member or friend recover from an eating disorder, the importance of affection communication cannot be underestimated.
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The BED Brain: From Ingestion to Anxiety and Treatment
To understand why evidence-based interventions for BED are so effective, we must consider the BED brain pathways that are impacted by the ED.
Debunking the Five Most Common Myths About Maudsley
Research has demonstrated that Family Based Treatment (FBT)* -- also referred to as “Maudsley Treatment” -- is more effective for treating Anorexia Nervosa (AN) than any other intervention for patients under 18 years old, and yet, common myths about Maudsley persist....
Talk Therapy for Eating Disorders: To Talk or Not To Talk
Mental health providers often use talk therapy as their primary treatment method for a whole host of conditions that bring people to therapy.
Five Ways to Practice Body Neutrality Everyday!
Consider body neutrality and give yourself a reasonable break on the way to self-love. Or perhaps, it's a final resting place where you can simply accept, remove judgment, and, most importantly, move on to focus on other things. Body positivity is a social media-based...
Amphetamines for Binge Eating Disorder: Who, What, When, Where & How
If you are familiar with the drug Vyvanse®, a commonly-used amphetamine in the treatment of ADHD and formerly in diet pills, you may have asked yourself why it is being discussed so frequently in the mainstream media as a treatment for Binge Eating Disorder. You may...
Body Neutrality: A New Way to Relate to Our Bodies
Upon entry to the Body Neutrality Workshop, run by program director Anne Poirier, BS, CSCS, CIEC, each female participant is prompted to consider “what their body felt like and looked like at different times in their lives.” Poirier listens to the varying accounts and...
When A Loved One Has An Eating Disorder: How Families Can Help
It’s hard to know how to be helpful or supportive to someone struggling with an eating disorder. Here are some very basic guidelines for how families can help: What To Do Talk about things other than food, weight, body size, calories, and exercise. Discuss feelings...
Try This Eating Disorder Screening Tool
In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 26 to March 4, Columbus Park would like to make available this quick and easy eating disorder screening tool, appropriate for ages 13 and up. Eating Disorder Screening Tool This tool can help you determine...
The Past, Present, and Future of Eating Disorder Treatment
Learn more about the past, present, and future of eating disorder treatment. Research surrounding the development and treatment of anorexia and bulimia has been advancing rapidly. Not only does research now support the claim that recovery is possible, but we have...