Active Recovery Care offers eating disorder treatment for both men and women at our Mesa, AZ office. We also offer and encourage counseling and therapy for eating disorders. Our outpatient eating disorder therapists can help you tackle both your eating disorder symptoms and the underlying emotional problems associated.
If you think you may have an eating disorder you can call us or any qualified eating disorder treatment therapist — especially if you have urgent concerns. We can help both men and women with the first steps toward treatment. Contact us or you can use the Eating Disorder Questionnaire below to see your own results.
During the past 6 months have there been times when you felt you have eaten what other people would regard as an unusually large amount of food (e.g. a quart of ice cream) given the circumstances? YES NO
During the times when you ate an unusually large amount of food, did you experience a loss of control (feel you couldn’t stop eating or control what or how much you were eating)? YES NO
How many DAYS per week on average over the past 6 MONTHS have you eaten an unusually large amount of food and experienced a loss of control?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
How many TIMES per week on average over the past 3 MONTHS have you eaten an unusually large amount of food and experienced a loss of control?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
In these episodes of overeating and loss of control did you…
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 2 3 4 N/A
A psychological disorder that causes a person to view their image and weight as problematic and obsessively monitor their weight and shape. It can affect men and women at any age, but it most often develops in adolescent and early teenage years.
Symptoms:
Characterized by binge-eating, or extreme over-eating, even though one maintains a normal weight, Bulimia Nervosa is similar to Binge-Eating Disorder, but includes purging. It is important to note that “Purging” does not necessarily mean vomiting, but rather can include periods of food avoidance or the use of laxatives/diuretics.
Symptoms:
ARFID is an eating disorder that is characterized by avoidance and restriction of foods for a range of reasons that may or may nor include self-image. Much more extreme that just picky eating or dieting, those with ARFID avoid food because of mood, taste or smell, textures, colors, or other worries.
Symptoms:
Purging Disorders are characterized by periods of extreme “purging” in the form of vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise, or musing diuretics/laxatives.
Symptoms:
A habit-based eating disorder characterized by binge-eating at night. These individuals often avoid breakfast and/or lunch and binge in the afternoon through late night hours. This often affects dieters as a bodily response to a long day without enough calories, and can include negative self image and thoughts.
OSFED is the term that covers a wide range of mental, emotional, habitual, and psychological disorders that affect a person’s eating habits.
A less common disorder, Pica involves eating items that are not food or offer no nutritional value. This can include wax, soap, wood or organic materials. The urge to eat these items may be associated with other underlying conditions — such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.
Active Recovery Care | All Rights Reserved. 2024