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Top 10 Questions to Ask An Admissions Team About Eating Disorder Treatment

Enhancing Eating Disorder Recovery with Experiential Therapies: Essential Benefits

Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that can have devastating consequences on both physical and psychological health. Unsurprisingly, treatment is often necessary to prevent these severe adverse effects. The good news is that various treatment interventions are available to help individuals with their eating disorder recovery. One of these successful, evidence-based treatments is experiential

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How Anorexia Affects Your Smile: The Impact on Oral Health

Eating disorders can negatively affect every part of your body, including your mouth. Poor oral health can negatively impact not only your overall health but also your quality of life. That is why it is important to understand how anorexia may be impacting your teeth. Malnutrition and The Impact of Anorexia on Teeth Nutrition affects

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Why Family Therapy Matters in Healing from Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are complex psychiatric illnesses with severe medical and psychological consequences that require treatment to ensure recovery and healing. Family dynamics play a huge role in the recovery and healing of eating disorders. That’s why family involvement in recovery is crucial to success. Among the various treatments available for eating disorders, family-based treatment is

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Setting the Record Straight: Myths about Eating Disorders Debunked

Myths about eating disorders are widespread and add to unnecessary and damaging stigmas and misunderstandings about these serious mental health conditions. When it comes to eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, there are a lot of “misses”—misconceptions, misunderstandings, misinformation, and misrepresentation. Let’s take a look at some of the

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Social Media’s Impact on Eating Disorders

Social media is one of the greatest communication tools and has changed the way we engage with one another. The social media platform allows us to connect and communicate with anyone, anywhere – whether we post a picture, share a tiktok, or update our status. Our lives can be on full display as little or

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Understanding the Link Between Depression and Binge Eating Disorder

Getting help for binge eating disorder can feel intimidating, especially when battling other co-occurring mental health issues. Many people struggling with binge eating also have depression, and addressing both the eating issues and depressive symptoms is essential for recovery. We will explore the link between binge eating and depression, as well as treatment options. What

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How to Prepare for Residential Eating Disorder Treatment

Finding the appropriate treatment and recovering from an eating disorder depends on your unique journey toward healing. Many treatment options are available that offer varying degrees of intensity and care. You might wonder which type of eating disorder treatment program would be best for you and whether a residential program is the answer. Whether you

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Emma’s Journey to Recovery at Magnolia Creek: Finding Life Again

When I was fifteen years old, food and exercise started to control my life. At first in small ways, like choosing the “healthier” option at a restaurant or going to the gym a little more often. Soon, food and exercise controlled me completely. Every decision I made was dependent on food or exercise. I didn’t

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Taking the Next Step

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