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When Trauma, OCD, and Eating Disorders Overlap: How Integrated Treatment Can Help
How to Treat Eating Disorders with Co-Occurring Disorders: Trauma, OCD, Anxiety, & Depression
Eating disorders rarely show up in isolation. Many people who struggle with restriction, bingeing, purging, or compulsive exercise are also living with trauma/PTSD, OCD, anxiety, and/or depression. This can make healing feel even more overwhelming and make it more...
Lonely or Disconnected: What’s the Difference & Why Does It Matter?
When something inside feels “off,” we often say, “I feel lonely.” But it may be something deeper than that: disconnection. Disconnection includes feeling distant, checked out (like you’re not really present), or emotionally numb. The feelings are there even when...
Is Eating Disorder Treatment Covered By Insurance? The Complete Guide
If you’re looking at your insurance card wondering if eating disorder treatment is covered, you’re not alone. Even though the card tells you your copay and deductible amounts, that’s merely a snapshot, not the full picture. Coverage for eating disorder treatment is...
What Is a Single-Case Agreement (SCA) and When Does It Help?
The language insurance companies use is often confusing and feels even more so when you need to make decisions about eating disorder or mental health treatment fairly quickly. You may not be aware that a single-case agreement (SCA) could be available if providers in...
Do I Have An Eating Disorder? 4 Signs it’s Time to Seek Treatment
If you’ve been asking yourself, “Do I need treatment for an eating disorder?”, that is a sign you just might. Eating disorders can be very emotionally and medically serious, regardless of a person’s weight, size, or shape. Early support is key to making recovery...
When Trauma, OCD, and Eating Disorders Overlap: How Integrated Treatment Can Help
When you or a loved one struggles with OCD, trauma, and an eating disorder, it’s not easy to know which symptoms are related to which condition. That’s understandable; the symptoms are interconnected and overlapping. For example, trauma can leave someone feeling...
How to Treat Eating Disorders with Co-Occurring Disorders: Trauma, OCD, Anxiety, & Depression
Eating disorders rarely show up in isolation. Many people who struggle with restriction, bingeing, purging, or compulsive exercise are also living with trauma/PTSD, OCD, anxiety, and/or depression. This can make healing feel even more overwhelming and make it more...
Lonely or Disconnected: What’s the Difference & Why Does It Matter?
When something inside feels “off,” we often say, “I feel lonely.” But it may be something deeper than that: disconnection. Disconnection includes feeling distant, checked out (like you’re not really present), or emotionally numb. The feelings are there even when...
Is Eating Disorder Treatment Covered By Insurance? The Complete Guide
If you’re looking at your insurance card wondering if eating disorder treatment is covered, you’re not alone. Even though the card tells you your copay and deductible amounts, that’s merely a snapshot, not the full picture. Coverage for eating disorder treatment is...
What Is a Single-Case Agreement (SCA) and When Does It Help?
The language insurance companies use is often confusing and feels even more so when you need to make decisions about eating disorder or mental health treatment fairly quickly. You may not be aware that a single-case agreement (SCA) could be available if providers in...
Do I Have An Eating Disorder? 4 Signs it’s Time to Seek Treatment
If you’ve been asking yourself, “Do I need treatment for an eating disorder?”, that is a sign you just might. Eating disorders can be very emotionally and medically serious, regardless of a person’s weight, size, or shape. Early support is key to making recovery...
Eating Disorder Relapse Warning Signs: What to Do Next
It is not uncommon for eating disorder thoughts and behaviors to sneak back in sometimes, especially in the first year after leaving a higher level of care. Please know this is not a sign of failure! It happens because the recovery journey is not linear, and it is why...
How to Stop Compulsive Overeating: 5 Practical Tips That Work
Compulsive overeating, sometimes called binge eating, involves consuming large amounts of food in a short period while feeling a loss of control. Unlike occasional overeating, these episodes are repeated, predictable, and disruptive to daily life. Many people eat even...
Drug-Induced Psychosis vs. Psychotic Illness: How to Tell the Difference
Galen Hope, like many mental health providers, has seen an increase in drug-induced psychosis among clients. For psychiatrists, it can be challenging to determine whether symptoms are caused by recent substance use or are part of a primary psychotic illness. In this...
5 Signs you Need a Higher Level of Eating Disorder Treatment (When Outpatient Eating Disorder Treatment Is Not Enough)
If you are reading this, I imagine you are already in some kind of outpatient eating disorder treatment. And I want to point out how brave that is. It means you took the first step into healing from your struggles with food. I can also imagine that while outpatient...
10 Foods for Anorexia Refeeding: Complete Guide for Anorexia Weight Gain in Recovery
In this post on anorexia weight gain, I’m going to outline 10 foods for anorexia refeeding, as well as highlight a landmark study on behavioral changes as a result of starvation. One of the most challenging aspects of treatment is helping a child to weight restore, so...
Returning Home from College: Recognizing Eating Disorders in College Students (And What to Do)
As college students return home for breaks, parents and caregivers often notice subtle—or not-so-subtle—shifts in their young adult’s eating habits, mood, or energy that may raise concern. These observations are valid and important, even when uncertainty lingers about...
Child & Teen Anxiety: How to Tell It’s More Than “Just a Phase” (Symptoms, Examples, Next Steps)
Anxiety is a normal part of growing up, but when it starts to interfere with sleep, friendships, school, or daily life, it’s a signal that your child may need extra support. Anxiety becomes a disorder when fear and worry take up too much space—making it hard for a...
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