Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Treatment

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Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Treatment
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Eating Disorders

• Eating disorders are serious conditions related
  to persistent eating behaviors that negatively
  impact your health, your emotions and your
  ability to function in important areas of life.
• People with eating disorders are at higher risk
  for suicide and medical complications. Some
  people with eating disorders may also have other
  mental disorders (such as depression or anxiety)
  or problems with substance use.
• Eating disorders can affect people of any age or
  gender, but rates are higher among women and
  adolescent .

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Type of Eating Disorders

• In this session we will talk about following
  eating
• disorders
• We will cover what is the eating disorder,
• symptoms and about the treatment.
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa

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Anorexia Nervosa

• People with anorexia will deny themselves food to
  the point of self-starvation as they obsesses
  about weight loss. 
• This can happen even if a person is already thin.
  The perception of body
• weight and shape is distorted and has an unduly
  strong influence on a
• persons self-concept.
• To lose weight, some people with anorexia fast or
  exercise too much. Others may use laxatives,
  diuretics (water pills), or enemas.
• Early symptoms commonly appear in adolescence and
  young adulthood.

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Anorexia Nervosa

• People with anorexia

• eat very little on purpose. This leads to a very
  low body weight.
• have an intense fear of weight gain. They fear
  looking fat.
• have a distorted body image. They see themselves
  as fat even
• when they are very thin

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Anorexia Nervosa Treatment

• Treatment for anorexia is generally done using a
  team approach, which
• includes doctors, mental health professionals and
  dietitians, all with
• experience in eating disorders. Ongoing therapy
  and nutrition education are
• highly important to continued recovery.
• So if you are looking for adolescent anorexia
  treatment in London visit Ellern Mede today!

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Bulimia Nervosa

• People living with bulimia will feel out of
  control when binging on very
• large amounts of food during short periods of
  time, and then desperately
• try to rid themselves of the extra calories using
  forced vomiting, abusing
• laxatives or excessive exercise. 
• Unlike people with anorexia who are very low
  weight, people with bulimia may be thin, average
  weight, or overweight.
• For more information you can read about Bulimia
  Nervosa here.

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Bulimia Nervosa

• People with Bulimia

• overeat and feel out of control to stop. This is
  called binge eating.
• do things to make up make up for overeating.
  They may make themselves throw up on purpose
  after they overeat. This is called purging. To
  prevent weight gain they may use laxatives,
  diuretics, weight loss pills, fast, or exercise a
  lot.
• judge themselves based on body shape and weight

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Bulimia Nervosa Treatment

• Ellern Mede outpatient treatment consultations
  for psychiatry, psychology
• and dietetics may be found to help post discharge
  from other
• providers inpatient care. Maintaining therapy
  this way supports
• the person to make their new coping strategies
  part of every day life
• and by returning to work and family they maintain
  their career and
• social commitments while dealing with their
  health needs.

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Final Word

• Ellern Mede is rare in its leading therapeutic
  approach and expertise in
• this intervention. Only 35 of childrens eating
  disorder services in the
• UK are able to offer the type of re-feeding that
  is required for patients
• with a serious eating disorder.
• Contact the Helpline for support, resources
  and treatment options for
• yourself or a loved one.

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Contact Information

• Head Office  Ellern Mede Ridgeway Holcombe
• Hill The Ridgeway Mill
• Hill London NW7 4HX
• Call 44 (0)20 3209 7900
• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_ellernmede.org
• Web www.ellernmede.org