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A Helpful Guide to Eating Disorders
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Contents
Helpful eating disorder information found in these 11 sections
Section 1
5 Types of eating disorders
Section 2
Do I have an eating disorder?
Section 3
Three types of eating disorders related to OCD???
Section 4
Stories from patients with eating disorders
Section 5
10 million men have eating disorders
Section 6
Signs of an eating disorder
Section 7
How Rogers Behavioral Health treats different types of eating disorders
Section 8
Outcomes from eating disorder treatment
Section 9
Challenges in treating eating disorders
Section 10
How to talk to someone you think has an eating disorder
Section 11
Treatment centers for eating disorders
Section 12
We want to help
Chapter 1
The 5 different types of eating disorders
- Anorexia Nervosa – define
- Binge eating disorder – define
- Bulimia nervosa – define
- Unspecified eating disorders, such as Orthorexia nervosa – define
- Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) – define
Eating disorders in conjunction with other disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Explain how OCD can be connected to eating disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Explain how anxiety contributes to ED
- Depression
- Explain how depression is related to ED
- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Explain how PTSD and ED are related
- Body-focused repetitive behavioral (BFRB) disorders, such as hair pulling and skin picking
- Explain these behaviors
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Chapter 2
Do I have an eating disorder?
Take a short quiz, find out if you may have an eating disorder.
If you've ever asked yourself "Do I have an eating disorder?" you're not alone.
Both male and female have struggled with an eating disorder that can take over your thoughts and self-confidence. We're here to help and taking this short quiz can help you on the way to a healthier lifestyle.
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"Our team cares about what you’re going through. Even if hope is hard to see, it is there, and we want to help you find it. We’ve helped thousands of individuals with an eating disorder successfully travel the road to resilience. You are not alone."
Dr. Brad Smith
Eating Disorders Medical Director
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Chapter 3
Three types of eating disorders
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Chapter 4
Stories from patients with eating disorders
Athlete shares story of overcoming his eating disorder
Paul, a past patient of Rogers' eating disorder programs, discusses his life from childhood to finding the right treatment at Rogers to competing at a high level in a quest to join Team USA in the 2018 Olympics for biathlon.
Theresa's journey to recovery from her eating disorder
Theresa, a past patient of Rogers' eating disorder programs, talks about her life before seeking treatment at Rogers, her journey through inpatient care, a residential program, and then a partial hospitalization program. She talks about her life now and how her treatment at Rogers set her up to helping others.
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Chapter 5
10 million men have eating disorders
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There’s a general misconception that eating disorders only affect women. But Dr. Nicholas Farrell, psychologist and clinical supervisor of Rogers’ Eating Disorder services, is working to shed light on how eating disorders also affect males.
“Many people believe that being female is required in order to experience symptoms of an eating disorder,” Dr. Farrell says. “Several decades ago, it was widely assumed that eating disorders in males were a rarity. It’s only been in recent years that we’ve discovered that males make up a more substantial proportion of individuals who struggle with eating disorders.”
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According to Dr. Farrell, around 20-30% of people with eating disorders are male; however, many of them aren’t being treated due in part to a lack of understanding of the warning signs.
“There is evidence that males with eating disorders are more likely to engage in extreme, excessive forms of exercise,” Dr. Farrell says. “We know that in many cases, this excessive exercising is done with the aim of ‘bulking up,’ which illustrates another critical difference between eating disorders in males versus females.”
Men and women alike both feel pressure from society to adhere to a certain body type, and Dr. Farrell says that people are socialized to associate thin women and muscular men with success and happiness. Public stigma can also prevent men with eating disorders from seeking help or even admitting that they have a problem.
“I think it’s also vitally important for people to understand that for many males with eating disorders, public stigma—such as the idea that males cannot have an eating disorder—presents an enormous barrier to coming forward and seeking help.”
While difficult to come forward, Dr. Farrell says that being around other males with eating disorders “provides a great deal of relief knowing that they are far from alone in their struggle.”
Meet three past male patients of Rogers talk about the struggles of eating disorders.
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Treatment for males with eating disorders
Regardless of gender, cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective form of treatment for those who struggle with an eating disorder, according to Dr. Farrell. The next big step, he says, is getting society past the idea that men can’t develop an eating disorder.
“I think we will clear this hurdle eventually as we increase our efforts to spread the message that eating disorders can occur in males and there is no shame in this,” Dr. Farrell says. “In other words, males are not any less ‘manly’ if they struggle with an eating disorder, no different than if they experienced depression or an anxiety disorder.
“It helps that multiple organizations and even some prominent public figures are beginning to use their platform to demystify the idea that eating disorders do not affect males.”
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Chapter 6
Signs of an eating disorder
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How can you tell if you have an eating disorder?
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Chapter 7
How Rogers Behavioral Health treats different types of eating disorders
How to help people with an eating disorder Learn how to recover from an eating disorder
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Families are key in Eating Disorder treatment
Dr. Ted Weltzin discusses the role that families play in Eating Disorder treatment at Rogers Hospital.
How does exposure and response prevention (ERP) work?
Dr. Nicholas Farrell demonstrates the use of exposure and response prevention (ERP). ERP is a component of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and considered the “treatment of choice” for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
ERP is also useful for treating other mental health conditions such as eating disorders, phobias, panic disorders, generalized anxiety disorders, and social anxieties.
Dr. Brad Smith demonstrates ERP with patient
Dr. Brad Smith works with a patient using ERP, (Exposure and Response Prevention) which is a component of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy).
While this video focuses on Eating Disorders, ERP and CBT are used in a variety of mental health treatment programs. ERP is becoming a key component of care for eating disorders at Rogers. This method gradually exposes a patient to feared thoughts, images or impulses and outcome studies show its effectiveness in reducing anxiety and distress over time.
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Take a tour of Rogers' Adult Eating Disorder Center
Take a brief tour of Rogers Behavioral Health’s Adult Eating Disorder Center located in Delafield, Wisconsin.
At the Eating Disorder Center, you’ll find a physician-led, multidisciplinary team of professionals all focused on treating adults (18 and older) with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and other eating disorders or co-occurring conditions, with a focus on OCD and anxiety.
Chapter 8
Outcomes from eating disorder treatment
Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Scale
Eating disorders often decrease a person’s overall quality of life. This scale measures the overall enjoyment and satisfaction individuals experience across a number of life domains such as family relationships, work, hobbies, etc. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for those we treat.
Adult Residential
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Child and adolescent residential
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Chapter 9
Challenges in treating eating disorders
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Chapter 10
How to talk to someone you think has an eating disorder
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Top eating disorder treatment centers
Delafield, WI | Appleton, WI | Madison, WI | Oconomowoc, WI | Chicago, IL | Minneapolis, MN | Nashville, TN | Tampa, FL
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We want to help
An eating disorder can consume your thoughts, diminish your self-confidence, and ultimately damage your health. Rogers Behavioral Health provides highly specialized eating disorder treatment, with programs for men, women, teens and children.
We’ve helped thousands of individuals, both male and female. We’re here to help you too.
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