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How the Holidays Impact Eating Disorders

With the summer approaching months approaching this time of year typically brings many holiday celebrations with family and friends. It’s a season filled with summer parties, mostly revolving around food. Unfortunately, for many women, the holidays and eating disorders can be a challenging combination to manage. The triggers around food that set off someone’s anorexia,…

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Managing your Eating Disorder During Thanksgiving

If you’re in recovery from an eating disorder, holidays, particularly Thanksgiving, can be challenging. Attending parties and dinners with family may cause you emotional distress and severe amounts of anxiety. Because there are excessive amounts of alcohol and food, and everyone around them is obsessed with consuming these substances, it’s normal to feel overwhelmed. You…

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Medical Complications for Women with Eating Disorders

An eating disorder is a severe condition that affects both a person’s physical and mental health. Left untreated, it can be potentially life-threatening. The sooner you seek treatment for an eating disorder, the more likely you are to avoid serious medical complications and see a greater chance of recovery. A residential eating disorder treatment program…

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What Makes Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Effective?

One important thing a woman should look for when seeking treatment for an eating disorder is a center that provides residential eating disorder treatment. Many treatment centers offer clients both residential and outpatient treatment options. On some occasions, the treatment team may recommend that you engage in both levels of care. For instance, you may…

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Seeking Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder

Recovery from an eating disorder is not easy. Engaging in intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment at Crossroads Maine gives women a fighting chance to achieve lifelong recovery. In our comfortable and caring treatment center, women continue to build life skills and essential coping methods to create a healthy, happy lifestyle. We use gender-responsive models, as…