Eating Disorders
Disordered eating and body image concerns can have a destructive impact on a person’s life and significantly affect their wellbeing.
Disordered eating behaviours include things like restrictive dieting, skipping meals, laxative use binge eating and self-induced vomiting and are common indicators of the development of an eating disorder.
There are many different kinds of eating disorders which include:
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa - characterised by restrictive eating that leads to a person being unable to maintain what is considered to be a normal and healthy weight. People experiencing Anorexia Nervosa possess an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming overweight, no matter their current weight and appearance.
Bulimia Nervosa - characterised by repeated episodes of binge eating, followed by compensatory behaviours, such a purging or excessive exercise. People experiencing Bulimia Nervosa often place an excessive emphasis on their body shape or weight.
Binge Eating Disorder - characterised by episodes of eating large amounts of food over very short periods of time, with no compensatory behaviours. People who experience binge eating often feel a loss of control during episodes of binge eating.
With the right support and treatment eating disorder recovery is possible. Different people respond to different types of treatment depending variable such a symptom severity, environmental factors, life stage, and motivation for change.
Often a Multidisciplinary approach is recommended which includes psychology, psychiatry, dietetics, nutrition, general medicine, family therapy as well as self-help and various complementary or allied treatments.
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