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Eating Disorders and Trauma: Stories of Survival

The relationship between trauma and eating disorders has been studied a great deal, and both are found to have a strong correlation to one another. In fact, the U.S. National [...]
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Managing Co-Occurring Food Addiction and Anxiety

Addiction can take many forms. Most commonly, we hear of addiction to alcohol and various substances, including illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, and more. Many individuals may assume that food is not [...]
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Eating Disorders and Co-Occurring Diet Pill Abuse

Eating disorder behaviors take many different forms, some more apparent than others. While we live in a culture saturated by the dieting mentality, many disordered eating behaviors often go unnoticed, [...]
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Addressing Marijuana in Eating Disorder Recovery

Girl smoking marijuana for her eating disorder

Marijuana is becoming a fixture of discussion as more laws are passed regulating its medical use. In the eating disorder community, there are varying opinions as to using marijuana in [...]
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When Cigarette Smoking is Used as an Appetite Suppressant

Woman using smoking as appetite suppressant

Tobacco use in the United States continues to be the leading cause of preventable deaths, disease, and disabilities, with nearly forty million adults smoking cigarettes in our nation [1]. It [...]
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Co-Occurring Process Addictions and Eating Disorders

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Process addictions are behavioral addictions to activities or processes, such as gambling, eating, tanning, video gaming, financial spending, sexual intercourse, and internet activities. Research has suggested that process addictions can [...]
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Medication Management for Co-Occurring Disorders

There is no magic pill for eating disorder recovery. However, many individuals with eating disorders often exhibit co-occurring disorders, such as addiction, anxiety, bipolar, post-traumatic stress, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Often, [...]
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Creative Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders

Contributor: Rachel Wagner-Cantine, LCPC, BC-DMT, Mood Program Coordinator and Dance/Movement Therapist, Timberline Knolls Residental Treatment Center Although co-occurring disorders may manifest differently and require different diagnostic criteria, ultimately, they are [...]
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Panic Disorder as a Co-Occurring Issue with Eating Disorders

Eating disorders often co-occur with other mental illnesses, as there are many shared factors and commonalities between the two. One of the more common mental illnesses to develop alongside eating [...]
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Co-Occurring Self-Harm & Eating Disorders

Various forms of self-harm, such as cutting, scratching, burning, or otherwise causing injury to oneself, often co-occur with eating disorders. In fact, disordered eating is a form of self-harm in [...]
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Effective Treatments for Co-Occurring ARFID & Autism
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April 13th, 2022
Can Depression Lead to an Eating Disorder?
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November 17th, 2021
The Link Between Eating Disorders and Suicide
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September 7th, 2021
The Pandemic’s Effect on the Mental Health of Those Who Have Eating Disorders
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