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Anorexia vs. ARFID: How These Eating Disorders Differ and Why Accurate Diagnosis Matters
Eating disorders are often misunderstood, and many people assume they all stem from similar concerns about body size or body image. Eating disorders may share similarities on the surface, but they are often driven by very different underlying factors. Two conditions...
Seeking Eating Disorder Support During the Holidays: Finding Connection While Reducing Stress
The holiday season is often associated with togetherness, tradition, and celebration. At the same time, it can be one of the most challenging periods of the year for individuals struggling with eating disorders. Changes in routine, increased focus on food, and...
Prevalence of Co-Occurring Conditions and Eating Disorders
When someone experiences both an eating disorder and another mental health condition, it can feel confusing, isolating, and overwhelming. Anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use often overlap with disordered eating patterns, making recovery more complex....
Men and Eating Disorders
November is Men’s Mental Health Month, a time to focus on challenges that often go unnoticed or unspoken. While conversations around anxiety and depression are becoming more common, eating disorders in men are still too often misunderstood or overlooked. Many men...
Understanding Interpersonal Therapy
If you are struggling with an eating disorder, the stress of difficult relationships can make everyday life feel even harder. Conflicts with loved ones, unresolved losses, or feeling disconnected from those around you can weigh heavily on your emotional well-being....
Strategies for Maintaining Healthy Routines During the Holidays
The holiday season can bring joy, togetherness, and fond traditions, but it can also stir up stress, loneliness, and emotional overwhelm. From family expectations to financial pressure, many people find this time of year challenging. With mindful planning,...
Understanding Levels of Care (LOCs) in Eating Disorder Treatment
Navigating eating disorder treatment can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re unsure what level of support you or someone you love may need. Terms like “PHP,” “IOP,” or “outpatient” may sound clinical, but they’re simply different approaches to healing designed...
Understanding the Connection Between Food, Movement, and Recovery
For many people recovering from an eating disorder, food and exercise can feel like a complicated puzzle. Both are deeply personal, often tied to identity, self-worth, and daily routine. Yet finding a healthy balance between them can feel out of reach. The good news...
Signs and Symptoms of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, or ARFID, is one of the lesser-known eating disorders but it’s gaining recognition as more people search for answers to struggles with food. Unlike disorders tied to body image, ARFID is about sensory sensitivities, low...
Flexible Eating Disorder Care: Evening IOP at be Collaborative Care
Recovery from an eating disorder requires care that fits into real life. For many balancing jobs, classes, or family responsibilities, finding time for intensive treatment can feel overwhelming. be Collaborative Care’s Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) offer a...