Archive for the 'Eating Disorders' Category
Eating Disorders Primer
Eating disorders are psychologically based disorders in which the fear of fat becomes overwhelming and begins to cause clinically significant distress in social or occupational functioning. Although these are the symptoms, it is merely the surface of a much larger underlying problem involving self-esteem, depression and a problematic family of origin. People with […]
[ Back to top ]
ANOREXIA
Anorexia is a mental health disorder. The main symptoms include preoccupation with dieting and thinness that leads to excessive weight loss; nevertheless, it is vital to remember that these are merely the symptoms. Anorexia and other eating disorders are rarely actually about food. More often they are about fearing abandonment, low self […]
[ Back to top ]