Anorexia nervosa is one of the more difficult psychiatric conditions to treat. The illness is often defined by ambivalence about recovery in large part because the classic dieting and associated weight loss of anorexia can feel rewarding and reinforcing to the...
September 1st marked the start of National Suicide Prevention Month. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Each day, roughly 123 Americans die by suicide. Every 12 minutes,...
Research on eating disorders consistently highlights that “treatment should be offered in the setting that is least restrictive and best suited to the individual’s needs and preferences.”[i] The outpatient setting (treatment in one’s real-life environment) is the...
So often, the stigmas surrounding eating disorders are attributed to cisgender, white, female populations when in reality, eating disorders are not bound to race, gender or age. Considering that one study identified that “trans individuals have nearly 5 times the...
As I field inquiries from people seeking help for their eating struggles, I often hear “I’m not thin enough to have an eating disorder.” The individual might even add something like, “… and I’m probably not sick enough to deserve treatment.” I’ve been running a...
