September 2009
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Drunkorexia
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A new buzz word in the world of eating disorders is drunkorexia. This is not an official medical term; instead, it’s media shorthand for anorexia or bulimia combined with alcohol abuse. Typically, it is used to describe a young college-age woman who starves herself...
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Pregorexia
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There are many things a mother-to-be can do to maximize the possibility of having a problem-free pregnancy, a healthy baby and positive birth experience. Regular, moderate exercise is one of them. When an expectant mother exercises, her heart rate increases,...
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Anorexia Tests
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Anorexia nervosa is a disease; however, unlike many other conditions such as leukemia, HIV, or kidney disease, there is no blood test available to detect its presence in the human body. One diagnostic tool often used by physicians and dieticians is the SCOFF screen,...
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Orthorexia
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Eating healthy foods is certainly beneficial, especially these days when fast food and junk food are the norm for so many individuals and families. However, it is possible to overdo a good thing, even in this arena. Some people have succumbed to an eating disorder...
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Eating Disorders In Boys: What Parents Should Know...
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It seems that the answer to the following question should be so obvious: Who gets eating disorders? Women and girls, right? Actually … yes, but… More and more, boys are at risk for these disorders as well. Today, anorexia, bulimia, and especially, binge-eating...
August 2009
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Tips for Healthy Eating
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What is healthy eating? Our culture’s diet craze is now a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry that leaves the public reeling with facts and myths to sort through. As an antidote to this confusion, following is a list of tips for healthy eating. * Listen to your...
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Eating Disorders: An Introduction
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A 7 year-old in Denver cries every night because she thinks she has the fattest thighs in her class. Hundreds of Esquire’s readers report that they would rather get run over by a truck than be overweight. The media drown us with images of inhumanly thin women...
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Diabetes and Eating Disorders
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Today, millions of women and girls throughout the United States are starving themselves, exercising to an excessive degree, or spending huge amounts of money to take part in the latest diet craze. All this with one goal in mind: to be thin. However, another group of...
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Pregnancy and Eating Disorders
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It is hard to imagine two medical conditions that are seemingly more diametrically opposed: eating disorders and pregnancy. While one condition is concerned with bringing a new life into the world, the other is focused on the damage or outright destruction of a current...
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Self-Injury and Eating Disorders
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Self-injury, particularly cutting on oneself, is becoming more prevalent in the US, especially in those with eating disorders.
Self-injury is when individuals cause physical harm to themselves on a repetitive basis, without suicidal intent. In terms of a...
July 2009
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Anxiety Disorders
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In America today, anxiety disorders are on the rise and occur in all age groups. Currently, these disorders are the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric illnesses in young people, with about 13% of all children and adolescents ages 9 to 17 experiencing some kind of...
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Diet Myths
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Far more than any other country in the world, America is obsessed with being thin. This obsession has spawned a multi-billion dollar dieting industry. Just turn on the television at any given time and flip through the channels. How many commercials or...
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Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa
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Anorexia is an extremely dangerous illness with a shockingly high mortality rate. A person with anorexia starves herself to dangerously thin levels, at least 15% below what would be considered normal body weight. Although men can and do struggle with anorexia, it is...
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Hazards of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
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Several physical complications are associated with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Many of these problems are caused by behavior aimed toward controlling body weight in an unhealthy manner, and most of these problems resolve once eating habits and weight have...
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The Power of Words
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The expression “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me,” used to be a staple around the schoolyard. Undoubtedly, it was well-intended, designed to help children who were being bullied by other kids.
If only repetition could make the...
June 2009
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Exposure With Response Therapy
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Anxiety disorders are on the rise in America today, especially in young people. These disorders are more common in girls than boys and take many forms: separation anxiety, extreme phobias, even obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The causes of these disorders are...
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The Internet and Eating Disorders: A Warning for...
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By the time most girls move into the teen years, they are both computer literate and internet savvy. When online, they use a variety of slang terms and text lingo that could baffle the most advanced linguist. Due to a high level of media coverage, many...
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How to Help a Friend with an Eating Disorder
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Many people have friends with eating disorders whom they would like to help. The tips below will increase the chance that your efforts to help will be seen by your friend as the caring gestures that they are meant to be.
First, prepare yourself with information:
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How Can a Parent Help a Teenager Who Refuses Help...
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The importance of healthy parent-child communication can never be stressed enough. Parents first need to talk with their teenager. Asking questions about friends, school, or activities may open doors to a discussion of feelings, moods, etc. Simply opening lines of...
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Art Therapy Overview
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“Communication is not always verbal; it can and does take many forms. Often, highly charged emotions or thoughts are best expressed through paint or clay.” Jennifer Williamson, Primary Therapist at Remuda Ranch
Throughout the ages, art has served as a medium...
May 2009
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Length of Stay and Eating Disorder Treatment
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Course of Treatment for Eating Disorders
Effective treatment of eating disorder patients involves more than acute medical stabilization. According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Eating...
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Binge Eating
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Binge eating is not what families do at Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner; it is not having a second dish of ice cream because it’s your favorite flavor; it’s not over-indulging in fried chicken while visiting someone down South.
Binge eating is a serious...
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Exercise Compulsion and Its Dangers
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Brenda K. Woods, MD, FAAFP, Director of Primary Care Medicine, Remuda Ranch
Bulimia involves bingeing and purging and often congers the image of a woman consuming huge quantities of food followed by vomiting to eliminate the unwanted calories. This image is...
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Anxiety Disorders - Warning Signs and Causality
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Today, a full 28 million people have anxiety disorders. Unfortunately, millions of them are children and adolescents. In fact, this diagnosis is occurring in children as young as three years old. As with most psychiatric disorders, the causes are many and...
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The Isolation of an Eating Disorder
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Kari Anderson, MS, LPC, Program Director at Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders Isolation often accompanies eating disorders, growing in importance as the disorder progresses. Both adults and adolescents with eating disorders evidence a need to isolate....
Eating Disorders In Boys: What Parents Should Know...
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It seems that the answer to the following question should be so obvious: Who gets eating disorders? Women and girls, right? Actually … yes, but… More and more, boys are at risk for these disorders as well. Today, anorexia, bulimia, and especially, binge-eating disorder are on the rise in the male...
Eating Disorders Are Not Always Obvious to Parents
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Kim Umble, MSW, LCSW, Program Director, Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating Disorders
Anorexia and bulimia may be difficult to detect in adolescents due to two factors: personality characteristics common to girls who get these disorders and the secrecy and dishonesty intrinsic to eating...
Eating Disorder Relapse Prevention
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We know it is possible to experience complete recovery from an eating disorder because we have seen it again and again. However, with that said, we also recognize it’s not unusual for a woman or girl to have multiple slips during the process. A “slip” is a return to unhealthy behaviors that does not...
April 2009
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Coping with a Child Who Has an Eating Disorder
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Learn all you can about eating disorders.
Don’t expect your child to acknowledge the problem or embrace your help. Your child may feel extremely threatened by the thought of giving up the dysfunctional eating behavior.
Don’t believe your child’s claim that s/he does not need professional help.
...
Binge Eating Disorder Medical Complications
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Today, a full 25-30% of Americans struggle with emotional eating. Emotional eating is when a person consumes food for other reasons than physiological hunger or participation in cultural events. People with emotional eating problems eat as a way to regulate unpleasant emotions. Emotional...
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Eating Disorders Are Not Always Obvious to Parents
Kim Umble, MSW, LCSW, Program Director, Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating Disorders
Anorexia and bulimia may be difficult to detect in adolescents due to two factors: personality characteristics common to girls who get these disorders and the secrecy and dishonesty intrinsic to eating disorders.
Adolescents with eating disorders often see themselves and behave as “good girls.” They are often high...
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Body Image in Boys
Body image is how a person sees their own body. Negative body image has long been a problem for adolescent girls, due to the societal pressure to be thin. Parents, especially mothers, often recognize their daughters’ preoccupation with weight and appearance and watch for signs of a developing eating disorder. But what about sons? More and more, body image is also becoming an extreme focus for...
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Eating Disorder Relapse Prevention
We know it is possible to experience complete recovery from an eating disorder because we have seen it again and again. However, with that said, we also recognize it’s not unusual for a woman or girl to have multiple slips during the process. A “slip” is a return to unhealthy behaviors that does not last more than a few hours or days. A relapse, on the other hand, is a return to eating disorder...
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Coping with a Child Who Has an Eating Disorder
Learn all you can about eating disorders.
Don’t expect your child to acknowledge the problem or embrace your help. Your child may feel extremely threatened by the thought of giving up the dysfunctional eating behavior.
Don’t believe your child’s claim that s/he does not need professional help.
Obtain treatment for your child.
Seek help only from healthcare professionals/facilities that...
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Binge Eating Disorder Medical Complications
Today, a full 25-30% of Americans struggle with emotional eating. Emotional eating is when a person consumes food for other reasons than physiological hunger or participation in cultural events. People with emotional eating problems eat as a way to regulate unpleasant emotions. Emotional eating may include eating when not hungry, eating foods perceived as “forbidden”, grazing, eating to soothe or...
March 2009
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Body Image Therapy Overview
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“Our hope is to move our patients toward an acceptance of their bodies along with a commitment to treat their bodies with respect.” Jenny Hazel, Body Image Specialist
Patients at Remuda Ranch are as physically diverse as they are emotionally and mentally...
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How Does a Child Present with Anorexia?
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Classic self starvation behavior
Severe anxiety
Symptoms of depression
Obsessive thoughts related to a fear of eating and a fear of getting fat
Tremendous psychological torment
Desire to please their parents, but cannot bring themselves to eat the food as...
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Eating Disorder Relapse Prevention for Families
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Recovery from an eating disorder is possible, but it is not necessarily easy – not for the individual or the family. Considering that recovery is the goal, parents can take steps to help prevent their child’s relapse. The following are some strategies designed...
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Anxiety Disorders: What Parents Should Know
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Anxiety disorders are not new! They have been around for many, many years. What distinguishes today from a hundred years ago is our level of understanding. An individual who suffered from an obsessive-compulsive disorder in decades past was probably considered crazy....
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Anxiety Disorders in Children: How Do They...
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The human body is an amazing machine, providing exactly what you need at the very moment that you need it. When you exercise, your body produces sweat to cool itself off. When you need energy, you feel hungry, leading you to eat and supply the needed energy. Likewise,...
February 2009
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Anxiety Disorder Treatment
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Today, anxiety disorders are the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric illnesses in young people. These disorders are more common in girls than boys and range from a generalized fear of social groups to anxiety that is so paralyzing, the...
Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse
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Anorexia and bulimia are disorders involving food, either radical restriction or extreme consumption. It is also not unusual for women and girls struggling with eating disorders to either abuse or become dependent on substances. These include, but...
Bulimia Medical Complications
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When a person engages in Bulimia, they binge on huge quantities of food, then purge the food from their bodies. Both of these activities are extremely hard on the human body, since it was never meant to consume that volume of food or...
Anorexia Treatment
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In the United States, eating disorders are far more than prevalent – they’re epidemic. Today, 10 million women and girls have eating disorders and up to one million of them will die from the disorder. That’s right: die. These diseases are not confined to a certain segment of society or age...
Anorexia Diagnosis
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A full ten million women and girls in the United States suffer from anorexia and bulimia. These food-related illnesses are devastating to a person’s body and are often accompanied by related behavioral health issues such as depression or anxiety. Because anorexia nervosa is psychiatric, not just...
January 2009
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Bulimia treatment center at Remuda Ranch
Bulimia Medical Complications
Get more information about women and Bulimia Treatment
When a person engages in Bulimia, they binge on huge quantities of food, then purge the food from their bodies. Both of these activities are extremely hard on the human body, since it was never meant to consume that volume of food or experience such a high level of self-induced vomiting. What’s more, laxative...
Eating disorder treatment center at Remuda...
No Longer Just For Girls
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Stereotyping occurs every day in the United States. No matter how many men break the mold, many of us continue to associate certain profession—such as nurse or school teacher—with women. The same holds true for certain diseases, especially those that are psychiatric in nature. For years, we associated eating disorders...
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Anxiety Disorders - Warning Signs and Causality
OCD and Anxiety programs
Today, a full twenty eight million people have anxiety disorders. Unfortunately, millions of them are children and adolescents. In fact, this diagnosis is occurring in children as young as three years old. As with most psychiatric disorders, the causes are many and quite individualized.
Warning signs exist as to whether a...