State of Mind: Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa: Successful Treatment Programs
Eating disorders are complex illnesses. Successful treatment programs blend a combination of therapies--medical care and monitoring, psychotherapy and nutritional counseling. Erin, a patient involved in the Eating Disorders Program at UCLA and Micha...
State of Mind: Anxiety Disorders
Psychotherapy is particularly important in breaking the cycle of anxiety disorders, whether they take the form of panic attacks or eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Michael Strober, Director of the Eating Disorders Program at UCLA ...
State of Mind: Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa: Charting New Directions
Group psychotherapy is particularly valuable for victims of eating disorders. It confirms that their experience is not unique and allows them to feel understood, respected, and cared about. Michael Strober, Director of UCLA's Eating Disorder Program...
State of Mind: Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa: Beginnings
There is no specific triggering event other than the stress associated with puberty that has been linked to bulimia or anorexia nervosa. For Erin, the cycle of bulimia began when she purged the junk food she had eaten for the first time in a year. S...
In the Driver's Seat: Eating Behaviors and Disorders
With the abundance of tasty food available, it is easy to overeat, a fact complicated by our cultural fixation on thinness. The pressure to be thin, combined with other factors, leads to such eating disorders as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa....