6/17/2023 0 Comments Stephanie lazarus 2020![]() It’s something that develops over time and is usually shrouded in secrecy. There’s no single cause for an eating disorder, says Dawood. This is what eating disorders are actually rooted in, the inability to access and control what feels very uncontrollable in your internal world.” “We take a dialectical behavioural therapy approach,” Hugo says, “which is really important because we also now don’t just talk about how we challenge thoughts and behaviour, but also give practical, concrete skills to regulate feelings and emotions. Through practicing cognitive behavioural therapy specifically for eating disorders, Hugo and Dawood target the behaviour and challenge the thoughts around it. There are so many dynamics, and that’s why we need open forums to discuss eating disorders and address the guilt and shame attached to them. “That’s why it’s so important that during our interventions, we include families as part of the recovery process,” says Hugo. The most important thing to understand in starting the recovery process is what keeps the eating disorder cycle going. “We just need to make sure that we end up in the right place at the right time with the right people,” Hugo says. Though eating disorders have the highest mortality rate among mental health illnesses, with early intervention, the prognosis is good. That’s why it’s so important to have resources and professionals that have worked in the field that one can consult. The main aim, says Hugo, is to prevent hospitalisation. Discussing practical measures to identify eating disorders and manage them – where they say problems most often arise – the two shed light on an area that’s often misunderstood. They work together to treat eating disorders as part of a multidisciplinary team at Tara Psychiatric Hospital, and now in private practice at Oxford Day Clinic, where the two are launching an outpatient eating disorder programme. ![]() She was speaking alongside registered dietician Eliana Dawood. “It’s often what we call a systemic problem in that it’s not just the person who has the eating disorder that struggles, it often spills over to the family unit.”Įating disorders, which are a real challenge in our community, can be effectively treated with early intervention, Hugo said at a talk hosted by Chevrah Kadisha Community Social Services at the David Lopatie Centre this week. ![]() “An eating disorder is a scary diagnosis and problem to deal with,” says social worker Elrika Hugo who works with mental health and eating disorders. ![]()
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