Eating Disorder

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Why Is Anorexia Nervosa Often Related to Friendship and Relationship Challenges?

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Relational challenges require relational solutions. When eating disorder symptoms are rooted in interpersonal difficulties, addressing these challenges should be a core element of treatment. Traditional care for anorexia nervosa that focuses only on refeeding and weight restoration often leaves the causes of disordered eating behaviour untouched, preventing any meaningful measure of recovery.

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I Don’t Feel Safe in My Body: Why Finding Safety in Our Bodies Is an Essential First Step in the Treatment Of BPD, Eating Disorders and Suicidal Behaviours

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Finding safety in our bodies is an essential part of recovery from these experiences. It facilitates mindfulness and staying present, enabling emotional regulation, groundedness, and connections with others. It encourages self-care, a positive self-concept, and an integrated experience.

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Building Self-Care in Eating Disorder Recovery: Why Do the Basics Get Lost and How to Rebuild Skills

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When someone has an eating disorder, thoughts and feelings about body shape, weight, or eating take over their life. They may plan their days around eating or exercise routines or be preoccupied with feelings of guilt or anxiety related to food. Sometimes it can feel like their eating disorder is a big part of their identity.

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Anorexia Nervosa and Emotionally Over-Involved Parents

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It’s normal – and healthy – for parents to be involved in a young person’s recovery from illness. Research suggests that parental support is linked to better treatment outcomes and compliance with treatment. But when parents become too emotionally involved – or express their emotions through certain behaviours – it may become counterproductive. 

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Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder (SEED) – Is There Ever a Role for Harm Reduction Methods?

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People with severe and enduring eating disorders have experienced an eating disorder for six to twelve years (or more). They have a low chance of full recovery with the treatment methods that are now available and require the ongoing support of a mixed team of professionals.

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Concocting Food: The Bizarre Tastes of Binge Eating Disorder

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Mixing foods, creating strange tastes and playing with textures is an under researched but known activity often seen in Binge Eating Disorder, with similar behaviours seen in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Twenty five percent of young adults diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder describe regularly making food concoctions.  Combining food types to create odd mixtures is

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‘I feel fat’. What Does ‘Feeling Fat’ Really Mean?

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Young People, Body Image and Eating Disorders Feeling fat. Is this an experience that you have had recently or that you have heard your partner, daughter, son or colleagues share? It is a relatively common expression and appears to transcend cultures and languages. There is an equivalent expression in most languages. While those who identify

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