Mental Health Articles

With so many different therapeutic approaches out there, it can be tough to decide which talk therapy is right for you if you suffer from depression. Don't overlook psychodynamic therapy, which can be very effective!

Protein-deprivation and changes in hormones combined with an eating disorder can produce distressing results, including bedwetting, daytime incontinence, and uterine prolapse. Here are five things you need to know.

Eating disorders wreak havoc on gastrointestinal health. Here are X things you need to know about changes in your GI health that can be caused by an eating disorder, and what to do about them.

Eating disorders disrupt every aspect of life, including relationships with life partners, families, friends, and work. Here's how to come back from those changes.

Anxiety is an almost universal experience of people who live with eating disorders, whether anorexia, bulimia, or binge-eating disorder. Relaxation therapy can melt away anxiety and make progress with other symptoms easier.

Traditional Chinese Medicine, which includes acupuncture, acupressure, and herbal medicine, can have a role in treating eating disorders. Sometimes it "presses a pause button" to stop unremitting symptoms, and sometimes it results in clear improvement.

Yoga offers both promise and peril for people living with eating disorders. Here is what you need to know about how to benefit from yoga without risk of a dangerous downside if you live with an eating disorder.

Body Awareness Therapy is a highly individualized, person-centered, drug-free approach to healing emotions for people living with eating disorders, brain injuries, or mental illness. Here's what the science says about how it works.

Alternative therapies can be helpful for both treating and preventing eating disorders. Here are nine kinds of therapy that may help.

Sometimes eating disorders can be treated on an outpatient basis. Sometimes they can be addressed in residential treatment. And sometimes eating disorders have to be treated in the hospital. Here are 10 signs inpatient care is needed.