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A teacher walks through an empty classroom at Hazelwood Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 11. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images A teacher walks through an empty classroom at Hazelwood Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 11. Jon Cherry/Getty Images Between fights over mask mandates and new legislation dictating how history should be taught, schools have become a battleground for America’s culture wars. Recently, the Florida Department of Education announced that it was rejecting dozens of math textbooks because they incorporated “prohibited topics” or “unsolicited strategies,” such as critical race theory. New York…
In the uneven bars final at the 1989 World Championships, Christy Henrich came within five-hundredths of a point of perfection. It was a beautiful routine, capped with a dismount perfectly stuck, and Henrich grinned as she waited for her score.She finished fourth.It was in this crucible — women’s gymnastics after Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton, when commentators were champing at the bit to anoint their successors, when a 9.95 out of 10 might not win you a medal — that one of the United States’ best athletes concluded she was not good enough. Between 1988, when Henrich missed the…
Written by: Vanessa Hart, OT Reg. (Ont.) (she/her/hers) AX completed by MRP, and RN. 28M meets the DSM DX criteria for AFRID, and OCD. Client has HX of MDD, and has completed outpatient CBT and CPT in the past. ECG was normal. TX plan is for client to complete DBT groups, as well as meet with OT for RTW intervention. SW will support for D/C planning including navigation of NEDIC resources, and to schedule appointment with GP. Was reading that paragraph difficult? It is for most people. Professionals that are involved with eating disorder treatment, from therapists to doctors, often…
In an interview with Pharmacy Times, Jim Gilligan, PhD, interim CEO, president, and chief scientific officer of Tryp Therapeutics, discussed a new trial investigating the potential use of psilocybin-assisted therapy for the treatment of binge eating disorder. In the interview, Gilligan said psychedelic medicines like psilocybin work to re-wire the brain, potentially addressing the root cause of eating disorders rather than the symptoms.Aislinn Antrim: Hi, I’m Aislinn Antrim with Pharmacy Times, and I’m here with Jim Gilligan, interim CEO at Tryp Therapeutics, to discuss their new trial investigating psilocybin-assisted therapy for patients with binge eating disorder. And so, from my…
Today we’re going to hear from April, who is feeling a bit stuck with her daughter’s recovery progress. While her daughter is weight restored, April still sees a lot of signs of the eating disorder and isn’t sure what to do about it. The letterDear Ginny,My daughter is 15 and we’ve been dealing with anorexia for almost two years. She attended an outpatient program for a few months and we did FBT. She became weight-restored at the lowest level recommended. The truth is that she’s really not recovered. I still see all the signs of the eating disorder. She’s not technically underweight…
During the pandemic, we have seen many more children and teens go to the emergency room with mental health problems. And there has been a notable rise in eating disorders, particularly among adolescent girls. Eating disorders include a range of unhealthy relationships with food and concerns about weight. Unfortunately, eating disorders are common. In fact, one in seven men and one in five women experiences an eating disorder by age 40, and in 95% of those cases the disorder begins by age 25. Many kinds of eating disorders may affect children and teens: Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized…
Going through extreme hunger can be one of the scariest and most uncomfortable things in eating disorder recovery – you just eat and eat and never seem to get full. You feel physically stuffed but still want more food. You may start to think that there is something seriously wrong with you and you now just have a binge eating disorder. But know that extreme hunger is a very normal part of recovery from a restrictive eating disorder. And I have talked more about it HERE. But HOW to go through extreme hunger and what are my best tips and recommendations…
Going through extreme hunger can be one of the scariest and most uncomfortable things in eating disorder recovery – you just eat and eat and never seem to get full. You feel physically stuffed but still want more food. You may start to think that there is something seriously wrong with you and you now just have a binge eating disorder. But know that extreme hunger is a very normal part of recovery from a restrictive eating disorder. And I have talked more about it HERE. But HOW to go through extreme hunger and what are my best tips and recommendations…
There are risk factors for eating disorders that are unique to military service. Al Tielemans/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Tielemans/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images There are risk factors for eating disorders that are unique to military service. Al Tielemans/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Marine veteran Chandler Rand has struggled with various eating disorders since she was a child. Though she says she’s healthy now, she describes her recovery as an ongoing process. She still has to fight off negative thoughts about her body image and weight. “It’s basically like walking a tightrope,” Rand says. In…
Emotions are not under conscious control, which means that they can sometimes be unwelcome. Most people tend to avoid recognizing and coping with painful or conflicting emotions in their lives, only to realize that, in the end, it is impossible to get rid of an emotion. Understanding emotions is not an easy task and lack of this understanding is often the cause of anxiety and depression. Is this an emotion or a feeling? – The first step to answer this question is to perceive the difference between having an emotion and feeling this emotion. According to Dr. Antonio Damasio, a…