Turkey. Pumpkin pie. Hannukah gelt. Eggnog. Christmas cookies. Sounds delicious, right? Essential elements of holiday joy? Except when your child has an eating disorder. When you have a child with anorexia, bulimia, overeating or orthorexia, even ordinary meals are torture sessions. Your child gets anxious if you watch what they eat (or don’t eat) too closely – so you … [Read more...] about Holiday Eating When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder
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Eating Disorder Warning Signs in College Freshmen
As college freshmen across the U.S. return home for the holidays, thousands of parents will - for the first time - discover eating disorders that developed during their child’s first semester.Because the transition to college is one of the two most common life stages in which eating disorders develop, Eating Recovery Center (an international center for eating disorders recovery … [Read more...] about Eating Disorder Warning Signs in College Freshmen
Eating Disorders – What To Look For and How To Help Your Child
Through my own struggle with an eating disorder for nearly a decade, and now my expertise in working with patients suffering from eating disorders, I can’t stress enough the important role families and caregivers play during the discovery, treatment and recovery of eating disorders. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. And contrary to what … [Read more...] about Eating Disorders – What To Look For and How To Help Your Child
Overcoming Sleep Disorders For Kids On The Spectrum
The following is a guest post by the team in the Boone Fetter Clinic at Children’s Hospital Los AngelesDid you know research shows that about half of school-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have trouble sleeping, compared to about one-fourth of typically developing children? Parents of children on the autism spectrum often report sleep problems such as … [Read more...] about Overcoming Sleep Disorders For Kids On The Spectrum
When the Bough Breaks: Ending the Stigma, Shame and Silence of Postpartum Mood Disorders
Contrary to the popular belief that pregnancy is a biologically protective and emotionally joyful time, women are actually quite vulnerable to a spectrum of psychiatric disorders throughout the perinatal period - the time around pregnancy and postpartum. This range of disorders, more commonly referred to under the umbrella term of “postpartum depression”, is more … [Read more...] about When the Bough Breaks: Ending the Stigma, Shame and Silence of Postpartum Mood Disorders