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Looking for a Eating Disorder Treatment in Orange County? Let Compassion Mental Health help with our innovative, evidence-based and comprehensive program that allows you to recover without leaving your home!
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Eating disorders are a type of behavioral disorder that impact a person’s ability to eat in a healthy way. While refusal to eat at all is the most well-known eating disorder, it’s just one of a number of different mental health disorders relating to food. Today, an estimated 2-10% of the population struggle with eating disorders and those disorders last for a median for 3 years. Yet, for many, they cause debilitating physical and mental health problems, reducing quality of life, and sometimes causing permanent physical harm.
The team at Compassion Recovery is here to deliver evidence-based treatment built around your individual problems and needs. Our approach means helping you move past the most pressing problems and then to start digging into the underlying causes so we can help you recover, not just now, but for the rest of your life.
Eating disorders are an extremely common class of mental health disorders. At any given point, an estimated of 1.3% of all women under the age of 25 have anorexia nervosa, or refusing to eat food typically for body image reasons. However, eating disorders can include over 8 primary different types of disorders according to the DSM V. Any of these disorders results in an unhealthy relationship with food. However, the motivations may be about body image, body weight, comfort, getting to binge, self-punishment, or self-soothing. A psychological assessment can help you to uncover the underlying motivations behind the eating disorder, so you can treat that, and improve your relationship with food.
Anorexia is the most common eating disorder, and consists of controlling calorie intake. In most cases, it manifests in restrictive diets that may look like someone refusing to eat carbohydrates, refusing to eat anything but tomatoes, or simply refusing to eat most meals. People with anorexia nervosa typically feel they are fat or are getting fat and may have extreme body dysmorphia. However, anorexia can be about self-punishment and self-denial, getting to take control of something, and getting to be in control. And, it may also include purging (vomiting or laxatives) food, although this is commonly associated with bulimia to the public. If your BMI is under 18 and you have an eating disorder, you’ll likely receive an anorexia diagnosis. And it impacts both men and women, with about 4% of all people having it at some point in their lives.
Bulimia is commonly thought to be about purging food rather than restricting calories but that isn’t necessarily the case. Instead, the person alternates between binging and calorie restriction. The individual wants to lose weight but does not normally have extreme body dysmorphia. Therefore, they may have a healthy BMI and may even be overweight. However, they will frequently overeat, followed by using laxatives or forced vomiting to purge food, or will follow food binges by starvation.
Binge eating disorder means that the individual habitually overeats, after which they feel guilt, shame, or self-loathing. Normally people with binge eating disorder actively want to eat less but typically eat more for comfort or self-soothing reasons. However, binge-eating can also be about taking control of physical appearance, such as after sexual assault or after living with parents or a partner who were very strict about food and weight.
Symptoms of social media addiction will typically include significant usage of social media. However, social media addiction is in the DSM-5 under the category of “process addictions. Here, symptoms are listed as:
The consumption of non-nutritional and non-edible items such as soap, chalk, or hair
Avoiding food because of the sensation (common in persons with autism)
Purging food because of the sensation
Purging food because of the sensation
Compulsive overeating when stressed
Night-eating syndrome
Pregorexia
Muscle dysmorphia
The most common symptom of an eating disorder is an unhealthy relationship with food. That many manifest as an unhealthy relationship with what counts as food, an unhealthy relationship with food for your body, or an unhealthy relationship with food as a comfort object.
Sudden weight gain or loss, not explainable by a physical medical symptom
Binge eating
Binging and purging or patterns of purging
Over-exercising to the point of exhaustion or being underweight
Refusing to eat certain foods
Only eating one type of food (E.g., tomatoes)
A body image that doesn’t align with their actual body
Refusing to eat or only eating tiny amounts
Eating disorders can also result in extreme weight loss of weight gain and in malnutrition. If carried far enough, they can result in permanent physical harm and even death.
Levels Of Care
Explore our in-person and virtual mental health and substance abuse treatment services in Orange County at Compassion Recovery Centers. We offer a truly individualized experience for each client who enters our innovative Orange County treatment center. Discover how Compassion Recovery can help you on your journey to long-term, sustainable recovery.
24/7 Medical care with supervised stabilization, typically lasts 3–7 days
5 days a week. Full-day treatment with medical support, usually 2–4 weeks.
3-5 days a week. Flexible therapy sessions with clinical oversight, often 6–8 weeks.
3-5 days a week. Remote counseling with licensed care, often 6–8 weeks.
CBT is widely regarded as the most effective treatment option for eating disorders. Here, you treat the most critical and pressing problems first and then use behavioral techniques to help individuals assess body dysmorphia, relationships with food, and the underlying problems behind those behaviors. CBT is both a talking therapy and a practice therapy, meaning you get homework and assignments to help you figure out yourself and what you can do instead.
You’ll also get other types of therapy built around talking to your peers, learning to tackle social aspects and expectations of appearance and behavior, working to tackle body dysmorphia, and finding motivation to stay in therapy. At Compassion Recovery, we use therapies including:
The goal is that you always have the tools to asses your behavior, emotions, and feedback loops, so you can work with professional guidance to build something healthier. And, we personalize that for each patient as they stay with us, ensuring they get the most relevant care for their needs.
If you’re staying with us, treatment also includes activities, group meals, and group therapy, so you can participate with peers, get to know how others are impacted by the same disorders, and learn how much of your disorder is actually a disorder by seeing it in other people.
Call us or fill out our confidential online form to verify your policy coverage. Many plans cover the majority of treatment costs, whereas others might require some out-of-pocket fee.
We know that every mental heath issue is different. That’s why we provide a personal consultation with our rehab experts to build a treatment plan that is tailored to your specific circumstances and personal requirements.
Our highly-credentialed mental health treatment team and contemporary, evidence-based treatment programs ensure the best possible chance of success for you or your loved one. We also feature a strong Alumni Program to further decrease relapse rates.