Leading Drug Rehab Referral Database Now Offers Support for Patients with Eating Disorders
Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) August 14, 2007 -- Alcohol detox and drug rehabilitation referral database, recoveryconnection.org, now offers assistance for patients suffering from eating disorders (http://recoveryconnection.org/addiction/eating_disorders.php), including: anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating, and more. This referral database is free and allows patients to search for local eating disorders treatment centers throughout the United States anonymously.
Previously only catering to those seeking treatment for drug addiction or alcohol detox, the referral database has been upgraded to include the latest information for those seeking treatment for anorexia, bulimia, compulsive/binge eating, and other eating-related disorders.
An eating disorder (http://recoveryconnection.org/addiction/eating_disorders.php) is a serious psychiatric condition and it is recommended that eating disorders be treated as such. If left untreated, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating or other disorders can lead to the deterioration of one's life and even death.
Eating disorders (http://recoveryconnection.org/addiction/eating_disorders.php) can not be defined by how much someone weighs or what they eat, the quality of their thinking as it has to do with food and weight. Generally, they fall into three categories: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge or compulsive eating. Despite the differences between these three disorders, there are certain things that people with disorders tend to focus on food, weight, and body image.
Desiring a specific weight isn't an unhealthy goal, but obsessing over an unrealistic weight for your body type can be. Weight issues, such as focusing too hard on trying to lose or gain the exact amount can be a warning sign of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or compulsive eating. Parents should be aware of their children's eating habits, and watch for any symptoms of anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating, especially when their children start getting concerned with their own body image, which typically begins at early adolescence. Eating disorders in children (http://recoveryconnection.org/addiction/eating_disorders.php) can be very dangerous and without proper treatment it can grow into a life-long issue, eventually leading to malnutrition, obesity, and it can also result in death.
Having a distorted body image can lead to weight issues, substance abuse, such as the abuse of diet pills, or other disorders. Men don't typically think they can be affected by eating disorders, but whether you're trying to fit into that size 0 or you're trying to bulk up, it is important to identify your body type and set realistic goals accordingly. Eating disorders in men are becoming increasingly common.
Regardless of the nature of the disorder, if you or a loved one is symptomatic, it is recommended to seek professional treatment as soon as possible. Finding a safe, reliable, comfortable center with a quality eating disorder treatment program can be difficult, so a leading drug rehabilitation referral database has begun including eating disorder referrals to their system. Quality eating disorder recovery (http://recoveryconnection.org/addiction/eating_disorders.php) programs generally consist of a support group, like an eating disorders anonymous program,.
For those who are insecure or unsure about their disorder and are simply looking for more information, the recoveryconnection.org database has informative links and allows users to contact experienced medical professionals who deal with patients these eating disorders (http://recoveryconnection.org/addiction/eating_disorders.php) frequently.
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Combatting Eating Disorders
Bulimia, anorexia, malnutrition, and other eating disorders can cause lifelong health problems. In order to identify and correct problems become they become too severe, it is important to be aware of the lasting effects of eating disorders. The next step is to learn how to overcome these different types of eating disorders and malnutrition in order to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Life Altering Addiction And Eating Disorder Counseling
Nowadays one can find many programs offering residential treatment for eating disorder. These are often similar to the residential treatment for addiction. Addiction and eating disorders have many similarities between them. Since this is unhealthy, they require addiction and eating disorder counseling. The human brain basically has individual reward centers. These are activated when a person is cared for and feels well. Also, if the person takes care of the body or receives praise, the centers are rewarded. However, these reward centers can also be stimulated by artificial methods. Drugs, alcohol, and excessive food all stimulate the centers. Apart from this, they block out unpleasant feelings.
Remuda Ranch Seeks to Increase Awareness of Eating Disorders Among Males During National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW), February 22-28, 2009
More and more males are suffering from eating disorders. As National Eating Disorders Awareness Week approaches, Remuda Ranch seeks to increase awareness of this growing disorder.
Treatment for Eating Disorders
There are many reasons why people with an eating disorder are reluctant to actually get treatment for eating disorders. For one thing, actually getting help means admitting that they have a problem. After all, if they are seeking help, that must mean there's something wrong with them. A lot of them are psychologically fragile or damaged, and this is difficult for many people with eating disorders. In some cases, the victim is thoroughly convinced that there really is no problem, and it's even harder to convince the victim to get help.
CRC Health Group's Eating Disorders Treatment Programs to Sponsor Events for Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Leading eating disorder treatment programs Montecatini, Carolina House and Center for Hope of the Sierras are sponsoring a series of events from Feb. 21-27 in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Causes of Eating Disorders
There are a number of causes of eating disorders, but the two main culprits are fashion and culture. For a number of years, fashion models have been as thin as they could get, and anyone who wasn't underweight by health standards was rejected as "too fat" to be a model. Therefore, even narrowing the focus to women hoping to be models, there is insurmountable pressure to be stick-thin.
TrueJeans.Com Joins Boston College's Fight to "Love Your Body" Change Your Jeans?Not Your Genes
TrueJeans.com has partnered with the Eating Disorders Research Team at Boston College's Connell School of Nursing to celebrate "Love Your Body Week," November 1st through the 9th. Inspired by the National Eating Disorders Association's (NEDA) project "Be Comfortable in Your Genes", "Love Your Body Week" encourages college aged women and men to love their bodies, changing their JEANS not their GENES.
9 Myths About People With Eating Disorders
1 Myth: - Only females, especially teenage girls, have eating disorders
America's Children Are Dying To Lose Weight
Wasting away, Katie died weighing only 58 pounds. And she was sixteen. That just doesn't seem possible to me when I look at my seven-year-old daughter who weighs in at about 55 pounds. Anorexia is a medical enigma. Although there is little concrete evidence of what actually causes anorexia, most experts agree that there are several contributing risk factors. We believe that awareness of these risk factors can reduce the odds that they will be triggered so we are hopeful that this information will save lives. If you're a parent or a teacher, you need to read on?
Eating Disorders: A MAN'S Problem?
Eating disorders can be one of the most harmful and troubling things that occur in a person's lifetime. The combination of the stress that they feel and oftentimes depression that leads to them, coupled with the harmful effects that eating disorders create in a person's physical life, make him a true nightmare indeed. For most of the time that eating disorders have been a condition that people have been aware of, it has been associated almost primarily with women.
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