Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Right Eating Disorder Inpatient Treatment Centers Will Give Outpatient Support Too

By Lindy Bischoff


Exactly what are eating disorders? There are many kinds of eating disorders including Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Compulsive Over-eating and Excessive Dieting. There are compulsive overeating treatment centers and eating disorder treatment centers with anorexia treatment programs that will not just identify what kind of eating disorder you could have but also help to find what the underlying cause could be. More often than not a concerned family member will bring their loved one in simply because they see some of the self-destructive signs of an eating problem and want help identify the condition and also to get suggestions of treatment.

It's been discovered that most eating disorders don't just turn up overnight. It usually builds in to a disorder after a while. The most typical cause is anxiety combined with depression. The beginnings usually will start when people are young where anxiety sets in when the young person starts to be worried about problems. Frequently when this worry overcomes them they lose energy and will eat something sweet to provide themselves an enhancement of energy. Over time the individual can come to depend on "binge eating" to get a boost of energy, then they will start to make themselves throw up since they worry that the eating will make them fat.

Do eating disorder centers treat the actual cause of the eating problem? Unfortunately not all centers will attempt to treat the main cause of the eating problem, but instead will simply focus on governing the food intake and preventing the symptoms of the eating problems.

The very best centers will combine treating the symptoms of the eating problem and psychological treatments for the anxiety and depression that's normally the real cause of the problem. It is advisable to ensure that the therapy center you choose has programs available to combine their treatments to stand a better chance of affecting a long term treatment for the problem, and not just a quick fix.

Are all eating disorder inpatient treatment centers? The easy answer is no. With that said, the reason that most eating disorder treatments start with an inpatient program is that as soon as the individual with the issue is convinced to seek help the concern is very severe. By having the individual live at a treatment facility as the initial focus on the main problem is being treated, the doctors can more effectively control the quantity of food that is available to the patient and also keep a closer eye as the person learns to deal with their problem by a means other than eating.

Once the person has gone through the inpatient program, they're most often enrolled in an outpatient program for at least a year in order to monitor how well the patient is dealing with real life without going back to eating in an effort to solve their problems. The outpatient treatment program will usually involve regular meetings with the patient to discuss how everything is going and to see if they are being influenced to return to the previous eating problems to try and deal with things going on in their life. The patient usually has the benefit of an emergency phone number with someone they are able to call should they feel they require assistance to not eat when some challenge comes up in their daily life.

What help is available once you complete the eating disorder treatment centers program? After the patient has graduated from the impatient program and the year or more of out patient treatment the treatment center makes sure that the graduate knows that they can call for help anytime they may feel that they need it.

Many times, after a patient has completed the formal programs of treatment, it is recommended that regular group meetings be attended with other people with similar problems to provide a support system. These meetings may be conducted independent of the treatment center, or through the center with a counselor present in the meetings. It is understood that just like every other kind of addiction, an eating disorder is something that can reoccur and so both the patients and the doctors highly recommend the meetings as a means to prevent this from happening.




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