No therapy is more impactful than our exemplary eating disorder treatment in California. SoCal Empowered specialists empower you to take control of your psyche. We’ll teach you how to completely alter the counterproductive thought cycles that these harmful disorders supplant in your mind. We have cutting-edge scientifically-based treatment methods that naturally positively reinforce your neuronic deficiencies. Here’s a comprehensive rundown of our treatment programs, methods, and different types of eating disorders we treat.
Anorexia
Anorexia is a dangerous mental disorder that causes the sufferer to obsess over their weight. Furthermore, these weight concerns are often fueled by a false personal sense of body image. As a result of obsessing over unfounded weight concerns, anorexia-driven people will equally obsess over food intake. These compounding preoccupied fixations will cause them to starve themselves to dangerous degrees that could become fatal without the proper care.
Bulimia
Bulimia is a mental disease characterized by binge eating, followed by self-induced purging of consumed food. Put simply, an individual will eat excessive amounts of food and intentionally induce vomiting to expel what they’ve eaten. This is dangerous because the body hasn’t had time to absorb and digest any nutrients from what they’ve consumed. Intentionally expelling partially processed food has similar effects as starvation, being just as harsh or harsher on your digestive tract.
Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorders
Referred to as ARFID for short, this disorder is completely contrary to Anorexic mental effects. Unlike anorexia’s intake limitations for fear of weight gain, ARFID inflicts the belief that eating certain foods is an imminent danger. ARFID progresses to covering a wide range of foods that lead to similar starvation and nutrition deficiency impacts as Anorexia.
Binge Eating Disorder
Contrary to the others on this list, binge eating disorder is a very real mental health problem. This condition should not be overlooked as simply eating larger portions than others. This disorder involves a serious inability to control food intake on a dangerously unhealthy level. Even when one is full, individuals with BED will continue to binge eat. Unlike Bulimia, where one vomits their food after excessive consumption, BED sufferers digest everything they consume. This produces excessive weight gain ramifications in a short span, putting severe stress on other organs that don’t have time to adjust to the volume.
Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders
Specific Feeding and Eating Disorders are personalized disorders that do not meet the criteria of others on this list. This means they may hold similar symptoms to binge eating, bulimia, or anorexia, but hold unique characteristics that differ from others. For example, one may have bulimic symptoms of forcefully vomiting food, but not have other associated bulimic binge eating symptoms. This discrepancy makes it unique, fitting the criteria of other specified feeding and eating disorders, better known as OSFED for short.
Signs and Symptoms of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders aren’t just about being unhealthily skinny. Some eating disorders also involve unhealthy gluttonous behaviors. Regardless of which eating disorder one has, significant body mass alterations in a short amount of time should not be ignored. These drastic, unhealthy weight changes adversely affect your cardiovascular, respiratory system, and other vital organs.
Being picky is normal to a certain degree. However, excessively picky food choices that become worse and more restrictive are serious red flags of an eating disorder. This is especially disconcerting when the individual begins refusing foods that they are known to enjoy. If you notice any disturbing behavior regarding picky food choices in a loved one, reach out to us now.
It’s normal to refuse to eat once in a while. But, continual refusal to eat, especially when hungry is a dangerous symptom of some form of an eating disorder. Sadly, people won’t often notice when an individual is persistently resisting food to unhealthy levels unless their awareness is heightened. Be aware of your surroundings and these behaviors as your alertness can save the life of someone concealing eating disorders.
Eating disorders inflict a negative sense of personal image. These mental health conditions falsely distort your mental and visual perception of yourself. Therefore, regardless of how skinny one is, an eating disorder-affected individual will always see themselves as obese. Thankfully, there is mental condition-specific training to improve self-esteem and self-body image. Thus, these teachings are vital to overcoming eating disorders.
Eating disorders stir intestinal discomfort for several diverse reasons. For starters, lack of food causes stomach pains, nausea, and other intestinal distress. This food deficiency also causes food consumption to be uncomfortable in severe food deprivation such as malnourished cases. In most extreme eating disorder circumstances, eating too much can be hazardous to your stomach, requiring strict medical monitoring.
While the nature of exercise itself is a healthy habit, eating disorders can induce unhealthy exercise habits. An individual struggling with an ED will overstrain and overwork their bodies purely out of fear of gaining weight. Over-exercising will do much more harm than good in the long run, especially if underlying eating disorders are not dealt with.
What is the Impact of Eating Disorders on Physical and Mental Health?
- Bodily Nutritional Deficiencies: your body requires adequate nutrition for your vital organs to function properly. Depriving your body of food deprives your body of receiving necessary nutrients. Over time, these deprivations lead to a variety of permanent health consequences.
- Neuronic Chemical Deficiencies: The term “brain food” is a real thing. Starving your body equally starves your mind of the nutrition it requires. This induces or worsens mental health conditions that can only be rectified by our high-quality therapy programs.
- Hormonal Imbalances: proteins and fats in food supply vital hormonal resources for our minds and bodies to perform to standard. Undereating or overeating to eating disorder degrees throws these hormonal frequencies out of sorts, resulting in dangerously inadequate body regulations.
- Malnourishment: this is an extreme case of nutritional deficiencies that can cause vital functions to begin shutting down. At this point, even consuming food can be hazardous without proper medical administration and supervision.
How To Find the Right Program for Eating Disorder Treatment in California?
Speaking to your physician is always the best square one when deciding on a personalized treatment plan. We can work closely with you and your primary care doctor to make sure you get exactly the level, type, and duration of care you need. Don’t let another moment pass without contacting your physician about one of our personalized treatment programs.
Our treatment centers are equipped with the highest quality assessment tools to guide you to the right program. We do all the work so you don’t have to stress over the details of wondering which program is best for you. Reach out to us today to get the most personalized therapy in a program meticulously designed for your needs.
Be sure to check out our local rehab facility listings for eating disorder treatment in California. Our directory will guide you to the best possible treatment within the closest proximity to you. Simply let us know which program you prefer and we’ll immediately direct you to your preferred location. This is just one of the many ways we go the extra mile in maximizing treatment convenience for you.
Nobody, not even your doctor, knows what you need deep down better than you do. After we provide the options best suited to your needs, trust your instincts. As long as you’re able to be openly honest with yourself regarding the state of your mental health struggles, go with your gut. After consulting with both your doctor and us, it’ll make your discretionary necessities very clear.
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Dr. Sanjai Thankachen graduated from the Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medicine in 2000. He completed his residency in psychiatry in 2008 from Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in New York, where fifty percent of his rotations were at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Thankachen sees patients with an array of disorders, including depression, bipolar illness, schizophrenia, anxiety, and dementia-related problems.
