Body image influences almost everyone at some point in their lives, if not constantly throughout their lives.It’s how a person sees themselves; do you see yourself as tall? Short? Pretty? Ugly? Skinny? Important to developing eating disorders – “fat?” As children enter into adolescence, they go through several different physical and emotional changes. During this crucial time, various internal and external factors can combine to influence the child’s self-image and how they perceive their body. Simply because a child is beginning to deal with body image doesn’t necessarily mean that they will ..read more

Eating disorder therapists rely primarily on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical therapy and family-based therapy as anorexia nervosa treatment modalities. Recent research indicates that interpersonal therapy can also help clients in residential anorexia nervosa treatment centers by focusing on how they develop and manage interpersonal relationships. For example, clients in anorexia nervosa recovery typically describe having limited experience with maintaining intimate, healthy relationships because of their eating disorder (social withdrawal, low self-esteem, obsessive-compulsive habits ..read more

When someone gets diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, they are often at beginning of a very long and arduous recovery process. As a complex mental health disorder, anorexia nervosa needs specialized treatment to overcome, and a consistent commitment to recovery. However, recovery is possible with the right aftercare steps in place and a good support system surrounding the individual in treatment. An anorexia nervosa diagnosis means that a serious and sometimes dangerous mental health condition has come into play; but if you or a loved one is facing this disorder, don’t lose hope. The path to reco ..read more

Residential treatment for eating disorders like bulimia nervosa, ARFID, OSFED, or anorexia nervosa comes in many varieties.They can range from virtual programs (spurred on by the COVID pandemic and resulting social distancing protocols) to in-person day treatment to partial hospitalization. However, although the programs often differ greatly in their scope, incoming clients should be ready to consider the possibility of entering a residential facility. Putting aside school or work to devote several weeks or more to residential treatment is not an easy choice. However, psychiatric illnesses som ..read more

Once a year, the eating disorder treatment community comes together to advance awareness, build consensus, and further the cause of recovery. During this National Eating Disorder Awareness week, Rosewood Ranch is proud to back the EDC and other organizations’ attempts to make eating disorder recovery more accessible, more inclusive, and more effective. To celebrate NEDA week 2022, we’re sharing our resources here as well as on social media. There’s so much happening with eating disorder recovery in 2022 – the pandemic has created widespread changes in how treatment is delivered, growing social ..read more

Among those who haven’t been educated about eating disorders, there is a lingering misperception that engaging in eating disorder behaviors is a lifestyle choice, but nothing could be further from the truth. There are a few similarities between a person having an eating disorder and lifestyle choices like dieting and weight-loss programs, but there are many more differences between the two. One of the biggest differences is that an eating disorder is not something a person chooses to engage in – eating disorders are serious and often require intensive therapy inresidential care or a day treatm ..read more

What Is ARFID? ARFID (also known asavoidant/restrictive food intake disorder), is a mental health illness recently included in the DSM-V in which a person will compulsively avoid eating certain types of food or entire food groups. In severe cases, they are not able to eat enough to meet their body’s energy and nutritional needs. Unlike anorexia nervosa and many other eating disorders, a fear of gaining weight is not a central component of ARFID What Are the Signs and Symptoms of ARFID? If you’re concerned a loved one is developing ARFID, here are some signs to watch out for. Bear in mind, in t ..read more

While eating disorders can affect people at any age, they most commonly begin in adolescence. Individuals as young as 10 have shown symptoms of the disorder. Many contributing factors can spur the development of eating disorders early in adolescence. One of the most obvious is the incidence of puberty, which results in dramatic changes to the body and how individuals feel about it. Combined with peer pressure and societal influence to be “skinny,” puberty can drive body image dissatisfaction and possible disordered eating behaviors like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, orthorexia, and others ..read more

Anxiety is a well-known, common, and often debilitating mental health disorder that affects millions of American men and women – and so is binge eating disorder. Among the most common form of mental health disorders, Binge eating disorder is a behavioral disorder in which the individual frequently engages in binge eating sessions and feels a loss of control concerning their eating. These sessions, usually done in private, include eating large amounts of food in a short amount of time, often past the point of satiety or even physical discomfort. These two disorders quite frequently afflict the ..read more

Although most people think of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa when they hear the term “eating disorder,” the National Eating Disorders Association shows that binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder in the United States.  Binge eating disorder symptoms are defined by binge eating episodes (in which a person eats a large amount of food in a short period), feelings of shame or and guilt following the episode, and a compulsion to repeat these behaviors repeatedly.  This and other eating disorders can result in severe health risks – in the case of BED mostly rel ..read more