9% of the US population will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, although statistics of subclinical rates of disordered eating are significantly higher. Next to opioid overdose, they are among the most lethal mental illnesses, responsible for one death...
Eating Disorders
Is Anorexia a Mental Illness?
Anorexia is both an eating disorder and a mental illness. It’s the third-highest chronic illness among adolescents. A life-threatening disease, research shows that the mortality rate associated with anorexia is 12x higher than the death rate of all other causes...
What Is Orthorexia? Understanding the Obsession with Healthy Eating
Orthorexia refers to the obsession with eating healthy food. Although the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) does not officially recognize orthorexia as a clinical eating disorder, it shares many similarities with other conditions like...
Hypnotherapy & CBT: Overcoming Binge Eating
Everyone has a relationship with food and for many, that relationship is unhealthy. While eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia are well known, binge eating disorder can often go unnoticed by individuals and their loved ones. In the third session,...
Anorexia vs. Bulimia: Understanding the Similarities and Differences
Anorexia and bulimia are both eating disorders, and eating disorders affect at least 9% of the worldwide population. To date, they are among some of the deadliest mental illnesses, ranking only second to opioid overdoses. Unfortunately, eating disorders and body...
The Dark Side of Exercise: Understanding the Phenomenon of Body Dysmorphia in Males
Body dysmorphia affects 1 in 50 Americans, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. But most people aren’t talking about it.