Eating Disorders Resources | Eating Disorders Treatment

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Eating Disorders Resources Eating Disorders
Treatment

• Eating disorders are a range of psychological
  conditions that cause unhealthy eating habits to
  develop. For eating disorders treatment, Equip
  Health uses the most effective evidence-based
  care for young people.

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Eating disorders demystified
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The power of a loving family in treatment
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Eating disorder causes are complex, and not as
important as getting the right treatment.

1. Eating disorders are complex brain disorders with
   strong genetic, neurobiological and psychological
   underpinnings. No single person, experience, or
   issue causes an eating disorder. They often
   co-occur with and can be hidden by anxiety
   disorders, depression, OCD, PTSD, and substance
   use disorder. The good news is that we don't need
   to know the exact cause of your child's eating
   disorder to treat it effectively.
2. Researchers are still learning what triggers or
   "turns on" eating disorders in the brain. For
   many, it seems to come from a negative energy
   balance caused from more calories out than in
   which can be triggered by a diet, over-exercise,
   stomach bug, or surgery. Once that imbalance
   occurs, a switch flips in the brain, turning the
   eating disorder on and tyrannizing the brain.

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1. Many people use disordered eating behaviors, such
   as bingeing, purging, excessive exercise, and
   restricting, to help regulate or soothe their
   emotions similar to the use of alcohol or
   self-harm to escape difficult feelings. When
   these behaviors are used frequently to manage
   emotions, it goes from 'disordered eating' to
   being an 'eating disorder.'
2. Societal and cultural factors such as the
   pandemic, diet culture, and social media can
   trigger an eating disorder for those with a
   genetic predisposition and/or can trigger big
   emotions that people try to combat with
   disordered behaviors.

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Contact Us
Email info_at_equip.health Phone (855)
387-4378 Website www.equip.health
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