Eating Disorder Treatment

Eating disorder treatment can help you or someone you love overcome problems with disordered eating like anorexia or bulimia, and regain control over weight, body image and eating. Treatment consists of psychological counseling, nutritional counseling and sometimes medications to help clients alleviate disordered eating urges and better learn how to deal with life, food and stress.

Eating disorder treatment can be located within hospital systems, residential centers and outpatient clinics. Sometimes, a treatment program exists within an addiction rehabilitation facility. This is because eating disorders have a high rate of co-occurring with substance abuse.

At SubstanceAbuse.com, we are here to answer your questions about eating disorder treatment and drug abuse. Call our toll-free number at 1-800-763-1562 and learn how an eating disorder treatment program can help you overcome disordered eating and problems with drugs or alcohol.

Disordered Eating

How does one know when it is time to seek professional help at an eating disorder treatment center? When the patterns of disordered eating, found in anorexia, bulimia or binge-eating disorder disrupt life, relationships and career, and have physically affected the person engaging the behavior.

Clients suffering from an ED are capable of hiding the signs and symptoms for years, which is why so many clients entering an eating disorder treatment center have advanced stages of their illness.
Eating disorder treatment centers must address the various symptoms of EDs, such as :

• anorexia: significant weight loss, overall weakness, distorted image of size and body weight, and a fear of becoming overweight.
• bulimia: a loss of control over eating; binge eating then purging by vomiting; abuse of laxatives or diuretics, or excessive exercise; and eating alone or in secret.
• binge-eating disorder: loss of control over eating, eating alone or in secret, feeling remorse and embarrassment about eating, often overweight or obese.

Treatment for Eating Disorders

An eating disorder treatment program offers psychological counseling in individual, group and/or family settings that allow the client to address their symptoms, emotions and become educated about their illness. This eating disorder treatment therapy also allows clients to examine the underlying issues that caused the disorder.

Nutritional counseling during eating disorder treatment involves meeting with a licensed dietician, and helps individuals keep track of eating, and learn how to eat for health, not weight loss or for stress management.

During eating disorder treatment some clients benefit from medication, which often is prescribed to treat a co-occurring disorder, such as substance abuse or depression. The added benefit of taking medication during treatment is that the drugs help alleviate disordered eating urges.

Gain perspective and control over disordered eating by finding the eating disorder treatment that is right for you. Call 1-800-763-1562 today, and learn how treatment can help you recover from eating disorders and substance abuse problems.