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How Dialectical Behavior Therapy Can Effectively Treat Eating Disorders  From our friends at Timberline Knolls  Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that teaches people effective coping skills to help them live happier, more fulfilling lives. Through DBT, individuals can learn that it’s possible to simultaneously accept where they are on their recovery journeys and work toward positive change. The unique combination of these seemingly opposite concepts can help people who are battling an array of mental health disorders find healing. While it was originally created for the treatment of borderline personality disorder, DBT has since been adapted to…

When someone receives a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, it’s natural for them to experience worry and fear about the future. It’s an extremely dangerous mental health disorder and treatment can be difficult and extensive. For those reasons, treatment of anorexia nervosa should include some aspect of family support or that of a close-knit group of friends. The anorexia nervosa treatment process takes thorough planning, with a support system of loved ones and therapists in place when the individual moves on to aftercare. A long-term recovery without a support structure is possible, but it’s much easier when the patient has educated,…

I can’t believe it’s been two years since I started my eating disorder recovery blog! It’s surreal to think of how far I’ve come since that first blog post, where I explained my rationale for talking about eating disorder recovery during the pandemic. I can still remember how nerve-wracking it felt to hit “publish” for the first time. I remember wondering if people would view me differently for being open about my eating disorder or if anyone would even read my blog.  Well, neither of those fears came true. If anything, I’ve been praised for my vulnerability and openness. The…

Washington, D.C., — The American Psychiatric Association (APA) recently published an updated practice guideline for treatment of patients with eating disorders. The guideline provides recommendations on assessment and evidence-based pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and other nonpharmacological treatments for eating disorders. The Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Eating Disorders focuses primarily on anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder and includes new tips for screening and treatment. The lifetime prevalence of eating disorders in the U.S. is approximately 0.80% for anorexia nervosa, 0.28% for bulimia nervosa, and 0.85% for binge-eating disorder, although estimates can vary. Eating disorders often begin in adolescence…

This week is Celebrating Our Bodies Week, a Duke version of NEDA’s National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Hosted by our local chapter of the international nonprofit Body Banter, this week will feature an assortment of events focused on educating students about disordered eating and eating disorders, as well as promoting student-led body image activism.  As someone who has dealt with EDs for almost seven years, I wish I could say my intentions for getting involved with Body Banter were purely altruistic. In reality, I helped to re-establish the group out of my own self-preservation. After two years of hardcore counseling…

As the federal government moves to change rules for what foods can sport “healthy” labels, manufacturers are pushing back. Some of the biggest makers of cereals, frozen and packaged food have submitted dozens of claims to the Food and Drug Administration objecting to new rules that would exclude food with high amounts of added sugar and salt from being labeled as “healthy” on packaging. Some manufacturers have even called the regulations unconstitutional, saying they violate companies’ First Amendment rights. The FDA last fall moved to update its requirements around what foods can use the word “healthy” on packaging — the first…

CNN  —  For an illness that affects so many people, there are plenty of misconceptions about eating disorders, experts say. Eating disorders affect nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide, according to the nonprofit ANAD, which provides support services for people with these conditions. And yet in a culture in which fat shaming and restrictive eating are prevalent, it can be easy for eating disorder behaviors to become normalized, said Jennifer Rollin, founder of The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland. But these conditions threaten both a joyful and healthy life, she added. As Eating Disorders Awareness Week begins, experts share…

CNN  —  For an illness that affects so many people, there are plenty of misconceptions about eating disorders, experts say. Eating disorders affect nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide, according to the nonprofit ANAD, which provides support services for people with these conditions. And yet in a culture in which fat shaming and restrictive eating are prevalent, it can be easy for eating disorder behaviors to become normalized, said Jennifer Rollin, founder of The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland. But these conditions threaten both a joyful and healthy life, she added. As Eating Disorders Awareness Week begins, experts share…

27 February 2023By Jessica Bradley, Features correspondentAlejandro Ascanio/EyeEm/Getty ImagesBurned toast in toaster (Credit: Alejandro Ascanio/EyeEm/Getty Images)Do you scrape the burnt bits off a piece of toast? Recent research suggests that might not be a bad idea…It’s more than likely you still have some of the habits around eating and cooking that you learned from adults when you were young, maybe without even realising. Perhaps you never lick food off your knife, or you always throw salt over your shoulder to ward off evil spirits.Many of these quirks are probably nothing more than superstition, but one in particular may have been unknowingly prescient…

“It’s as if an alien has come and replaced my daughter,” Deanna says.Warning: This article contains content about eating disorders that may be distressing for some readers.Everything changed at the beginning of last year when the 11-year-old developed an eating disorder.”This is a child who is a particularly gentle, generous, kind, sensitive human being. But when she’s terrified about food or if she’s stopped from exercising, she can turn absolutely demonic.””It’s really scary. It’s just a side of her that we never saw [before].”Seated at the dining room table of her family home in Melbourne, the mother of seven appears…