Being a parent is one of the most rewarding experiences. However, it can also be one of the most challenging. Regardless of what your family is going through, there is an online support group for you. […]
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Parents and referring professionals are looking for Covid management data too. Why? To assist with a family’s research, insight, information gathering, in this ever-changing world that we live in, regardless of the age of their child and setting. […]
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The term “Educational Consultant” harkens back to the early days of placements in traditional prep schools and elite colleges. The vocation now includes Therapeutic Consultants, Behavioral Health Consultants, Interventionists or simply Referring Professionals. […]
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A mother’s experience from having two children in active addiction… 6 hopes she has for other families and what she learned, no one is too smart, too rich, too good-looking, or otherwise disqualified from developing a dependency. […]
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The cautions could be about any treatment center, any diagnosis because the authors remind readers to look past the pretty pictures and drill down to the facts about the types of treatment that are offered… drill down… When a treatment program seems too good to be true — beware! […]
“Whether by medical complication or suicide, eating disorders as a collective are the deadliest of all mental health diagnoses; this is the most important issue to realize when treating patients with eating disorders.” […]
“…the reason we don’t think of young men as having body image issues is that the criteria we now have in place for diagnosing anorexia probably doesn’t fit young men as well as it fits young women,” Sandon said. “Men may want to be ‘ripped,’ not emaciated.” […]
There are many facts about Eating Disorders that are commonly known. Some of these “facts” are wrong. […]
People often react emotionally to a diagnosis of an eating disorder and because of the anxiety, the family and the client are often not able to discern the best treatments. With this confusion in mind, the non-profit National Eating Disorder Association has generated some very useful guidelines… […]