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We are living in challenging and uncertain times, but the good news is we are all in this together, and together we will prevail. Many individuals are experiencing increased levels of anxiety for good reason. We need to distinguish between legitimate fear and unnecessary panic and work to keep our legitimate fears under control and manageable.
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Eating Disorder Treatment
with Dr. Paula Levine
Because body dissatisfaction and dieting are cultural norms today, particularly amongst women, and because the media continues to harass women who are not conforming to the cultural norms of thinness, I treat eating disorders from a bio-psycho-social perspective.
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Bio
3 Heritable Factors:
Addiction
Depression
Obesity
Psycho
Social
Perfectionist
Expectations
Thinness-crazed society
The Genetics of Eating Disorders
Addiction
If there is a history of substance abuse in one generation, it increases the likelihood that someone in the next generation might develop an eating disorder, instead of or in addition to a problem with substance abuse.
Obesity
While not all obese people suffer from Binge Eating Disorder, at least one third do, and constant, uncontrollable binging without purging, the major difference between bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder, inevitably leads to obesity.
Depression
When an anorexic spends all her time relentlessly pursuing thinness, or a bulimic is binging and purging 5-10 times a day, she is distracted from her depression because she has ‘found a higher calling’.
Treatment
Team of Professionals
Eating disorders are difficult and challenging to treat and they require a multi-pronged approach by a team of knowledgeable and dedicated professionals often including nutritionists, psychiatrists and physicians.
More About Eating Disorders
Other, helpful resources
Professional Resources
My Literary Contributions
Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)
703-234-4079 (I am a founding member)
Eating Recovery Center (ERC), 877-711-1690
Monte Nido & Affiliates, 888-826-2320
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
800-931-2237 (I am a founding member, former board member, board president (1992-93)
The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, 866-662-1235
The Renfrew Center Foundation, 1-800-RENFREW (former consultant, contributor to Perspective, a professional journal of The Renfrew Center Foundation, and frequent presenter at Renfrew conferences)
Eating Disorders: is your child at risk?
Diet-Crazed Kids
Women and Eating Disorders: Loss, Disconnection and Spirituality
Children's Self-Image
Helping Parents to Help Daughters Rediscover Their Lost Voices