A Guide to Eating Disorders and Rehabilitation
[scriptless]What is an eating disorder?
Eating disorders encompass a variety of conditions that often involve abnormal or disturbed eating habits. Some may be connected to substance addiction, while others may have more deeply rooted origins, persisting even after addiction treatment. For any eating disorder you struggle with, we at Rehab Guide can offer the ideal bespoke treatment programme, providing the finest care possible to meet your nutritional, medical and psychological needs.
If you or someone close to you is battling an eating disorder, examining the root cause is critical. Some say an eating disorder may be connected to a loss of control around food or a false belief system. It is widely believed that eating disorders generally first emerge in the teenage years and mostly affect young people, but this is not always the case. In some instances, it can be a matter of self-neglect, which can be rectified by choosing a healthy eating plan. However, if the eating disorder proves to be the aftereffect of a substance abuse problem, then this must be the basis of your treatment.
Rehab Guide has the knowledge and skills to treat most eating disorders. However, be assured that a client’s health is always the top priority, so if you are suffering from an eating disorder, you will have a complete health and psychological assessment before beginning your treatment programme. Should a person’s body mass index fall beneath a certain point, though, we advise more intensive medical or hospital care.
Eating Disorder Rehab
Eating disorder rehab can be a lifeline to those suffering from illnesses such as bulimia and anorexia. These can be both dangerous and isolating conditions that are often linked to mental health problems as well as environmental issues and peer pressure.
There are several advantages to choosing a private rehab for an eating disorder:
- Safe and secure facility to recover in
- Privacy and no need to use local public services
- Residential care
- Nutritional experts on hand
- Daily therapy
- Time and space from peer and environmental pressure
Eating Disorder Symptoms
When diagnosing an eating disorder, we must examine a person’s symptoms. This is a run-down of the more commonly suffered eating disorders and their main symptoms: –
Anorexia
Food restriction
Low BMI
Excessive exercise
Laxative abuse
Deceit around the amount of food being consumed
A feeling of euphoria and elation directly linked to food restriction and weight loss
Slimming tablet or appetite suppressant substance addiction
Distorted body image
Excessive weighing of oneself
Obsession with food, calorie content and diets
Feelings of guilt and shame around food eaten and weight gain
Low self-esteem and self-worth
Bulimia
Purging through laxative abuse, excessive exercise, vomiting, or starvation
Consuming vast quantities of food within one sitting (binging)
Average BMI, although this can vary depending on the extent, the illness is present
Eating in secrecy
Addiction to sugar or salt-based foods
Obsession with food, calorie content and diets
Feeling of calm and restoration after purging
Feeling of numbed emotions and euphoria while binging
Over Eating / Binging
Consuming vast quantities of food in one sitting
Higher than average BMI
Constant grazing on food in between meals
Craving for high fat/ high sugar foods
The above is by no means a definitive rundown on how to diagnose an eating disorder, as a person can suffer from more than one symptom or display the traits of another. The treatment afforded will be centred on the symptoms the client suffers from, but this is only one aspect of the treatment.
We shall incorporate intensive therapies focussing on the psychological, social, and spiritual considerations in our full treatment plan.
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