What is an eating disorder? How does it develop? These are some of the questions David Hirshberg, Executive Director of Germaine Lawrence, addressed when he spoke on L.A. Talk Radio with Lon Woodbury and Larry Larry Stednitz,from Woodbury Reports, an Independent Educational Consulting firm.
David Hirshberg and Germaine Lawrence
David Hirschberg, Ed.D., Harvard University, has actually been assisting kids since his early years in high school. At first, he helped out disadvantaged young children as a camp counselor and tutor. After graduating from Brown College and university, he found a job as a director in an alternative school that was designed to assist high-school dropouts.
St. Anne's School hired him in 1979. They wanted him to turn the ailing institution around . However, with the permission of the board, Hirshberg decided the best course of action was to turn it into residential treatment facility. The new name, Germaine Lawrence, was decided on in 1982.
What Are Eating Disorders?
An eating problem occurs when a person has actually starved themselves. One marker is that they have lost 20 percent or even more of their normal body weight. In addition, a drastic diet is defined as an eating disorder when it comes to be life-threatening.
The Process of How Eating Disorders Develop
Eating disorders are the result of numerous reasons. They can arise due to stress and anxiety, trauma, depression, or loss. There is no singular, exclusive, definitive reason. What starts out as a diet can change into a disorder when the dieter finds it does more than help them lose weight. For example, the condition can deflect from various life pressures that could feel overwhelming.
Eating Patterns That Alert Parents
Parents have to realize that an eating disorder should be considered as seriously as an illness like cancer or diabetes. A person that has the disorder can't stop their aversion to food. Parents should take their daughter to see a pediatrician if they suspect that she is well below normal weight and has adopted strange rituals and obsessions around food.
Final Thoughts
Fortunately, there are many effective therapeutic therapies for eating disorders, ranging from hospitalization to individual and family therapy. A powerful intervention technique known as the Mosley Approach consists of the parents firmly and persistently encouraging their daughter to begin eating more. A residential treatment program, which can last for as long as a year, is only necessary if all other attempts to heal the eating disorder at home have failed.
David Hirshberg and Germaine Lawrence
David Hirschberg, Ed.D., Harvard University, has actually been assisting kids since his early years in high school. At first, he helped out disadvantaged young children as a camp counselor and tutor. After graduating from Brown College and university, he found a job as a director in an alternative school that was designed to assist high-school dropouts.
St. Anne's School hired him in 1979. They wanted him to turn the ailing institution around . However, with the permission of the board, Hirshberg decided the best course of action was to turn it into residential treatment facility. The new name, Germaine Lawrence, was decided on in 1982.
What Are Eating Disorders?
An eating problem occurs when a person has actually starved themselves. One marker is that they have lost 20 percent or even more of their normal body weight. In addition, a drastic diet is defined as an eating disorder when it comes to be life-threatening.
The Process of How Eating Disorders Develop
Eating disorders are the result of numerous reasons. They can arise due to stress and anxiety, trauma, depression, or loss. There is no singular, exclusive, definitive reason. What starts out as a diet can change into a disorder when the dieter finds it does more than help them lose weight. For example, the condition can deflect from various life pressures that could feel overwhelming.
Eating Patterns That Alert Parents
Parents have to realize that an eating disorder should be considered as seriously as an illness like cancer or diabetes. A person that has the disorder can't stop their aversion to food. Parents should take their daughter to see a pediatrician if they suspect that she is well below normal weight and has adopted strange rituals and obsessions around food.
Final Thoughts
Fortunately, there are many effective therapeutic therapies for eating disorders, ranging from hospitalization to individual and family therapy. A powerful intervention technique known as the Mosley Approach consists of the parents firmly and persistently encouraging their daughter to begin eating more. A residential treatment program, which can last for as long as a year, is only necessary if all other attempts to heal the eating disorder at home have failed.
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