Eating Disorder Treatment

The media tend to portray a one-sided view of the disease by focusing on young girls when, in fact, eating disorders can affect both men and women of any age. Call today for a confidential chat about private treatment for eating disorders. 020 3941 2000

Eating Disorder Specialists

Claimont offers specialist eating disorder treatment for Anorexia, Bulimia, binge eating disorders and more so our clients can access a better quality of life. If left untreated, eating disorders can have a significant impact on both mental and physical health, causing extreme problems to the human body that can be hard to reverse. It is important to start treatment for an eating disorder as early as possible to reduce the risk of serious complications.

What is an eating disorder?

Eating disorders are one of the more commonly known mental health disorders in today’s world. The media tends to portray a one-sided view of the diseases by focusing on young girls when, in fact, eating disorders can affect both men and women at any stage in their lives.

Eating disorders can be triggered by stress, media pressure to look a certain way and many other influencing factors. An individual’s personal relationship with food can often be complex and many people will develop learned behaviour from a young age to control their eating in a certain way. However, once an individual’s eating pattern, whether that be binge eating or eating less than required, begins to affect a person’s health, mindset and lifestyle, this then becomes an eating disorder.

What are the signs of an eating disorder?

• Being secretive about food
• Reducing or increasing the amount you eat
• Feeling very anxious about eating, and avoiding situations where eating with other people will happen
• Worrying about food or weight constantly
• Comparing your body with others
• Judging your self-worth on weight and appearance rather than personality and relationships with others
• Needing to control eating patterns
• Binging and purging large quantities of food

What are the symptoms of an eating disorder?

Symptoms of eating disorders can vary depending on the type of relationship a person has with food, e.g. if they are restricting intake or over-eating. Usually, the food itself is not the core reason a person develops an eating disorder – it is often much more complicated and can be very painful to share with others, leading to those suffering often keeping their struggles a secret. Common eating disorder symptoms can include:

• Fatigue, not having the energy to participate in activities such as exercise or day to day chores
• Feeling the need to control eating and therefore being anxious if the type of food wanted is not available
• Fear of eating in social situations and in front of others
• Being ashamed of your feelings around food and not sharing troubles with close friends and family for fear of being judged negatively
• Health deteriorations, hair thinning and skin looking undernourished
• Losing or gaining significant amounts of weight
• Fertility issues

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 What are the causes of an eating disorder?

Like most mental health illnesses, there is no one reason for a person to develop an eating disorder. Studies have shown that, in most instances, it is a combination of biological, psychological and environmental factors that contribute to a person having a difficult relationship with food.

The intense pressure of an ‘ideal body type’ delivered in many forms of media can be extremely triggering for those who are susceptible to self-criticism or insecurity about their looks. This type of idealism is drip-fed from a young age and can develop into control systems around food as time goes on. Environmental factors can range from pressure via the media and social media for the perfect body, difficult childhood experiences, learned behaviour from a parent or sibling, major life changes and pressure from an image-led career, e.g. modelling or ballet/sports.

There have been many studies into whether those with a higher need for ‘perfectionism’ or order in their life are more at risk of eating disorders, due to the controlling aspect of the disease.

What types of eating disorders are there?

There are many types of eating disorders, but the most commonly known are:

Anorexia Nervosa

Those suffering from anorexia have an intense fear of gaining weight and will attempt to restrict their food intake drastically. As with all eating disorders, anorexia can affect men and women of all ages and can have a catastrophic result on the body, affecting fertility, the nervous system and causing multi-organ failure.

Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia is characterised by extreme overeating (binging) and then ‘compensating’ for the food and drink consumed by excessively exercising, vomiting and taking laxatives (purging). This cycle continues, often in secret, due to the shame felt by the person suffering from the illness.

Binge Eating disorder

Similar to bulimia, those who experience binge-eating disorder will consume excessive amounts of food due to strong urges. This is not followed by purging, which often leads to the person putting on weight and feeling ashamed and negative about their body image.

Eating Disorder Private Treatment

If you are suffering from an eating disorder, you should contact Claimont today to seek help with your condition. The longer an eating disorder is left untreated, the more detrimental effect it can begin to have on both mental and physical health.

Effectively treating an eating disorder in the early stages can lead to a quicker and more simple recovery when compared to one that has been left to develop over time. If you are suffering from an eating disorder, and have been for quite a while, you should seek immediate help from our eating disorder specialists. This applies to all anorexia treatment, bulimia treatment and binge eating treatment.

Contact Claimont today for eating disorder treatment. Our eating disorder therapists put together a personalised treatment plan to help you begin a healthy road to recovery.