If you are LGBTQ+ and struggling with food, body image, exercise, or your relationship with your body, you deserve care that feels safe, affirming, and respectful of all parts of who you are.

Sleep is one of the most under-discussed components of eating disorder treatment and recovery. While conversations around eating disorders often focus on food behaviors, medical stabilization, body image, and emotional health, sleep disruption quietly impacts nearly every aspect of recovery: mood regulation, cognitive flexibility, nervous system functioning, impulse control, physical [...]

The connection between eating disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorder is no longer emerging. It is well-supported across clinical research. Research suggests that elevated autistic traits are present in a substantial subset of individuals with anorexia nervosa, often described as around one-third, though estimates vary widely depending on how traits are measured and defined. There [...]

A service member may be screened for depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and suicide risk multiple times throughout their career. But they may never be screened for an eating disorder. This gap matters. Eating disorders have one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric condition, yet they are rarely [...]

College is a major transition. It brings independence, new friendships, and entirely new routines. For students already struggling with food or body image, that shift can intensify eating disorder symptoms. Dining halls are busy and unpredictable. Class schedules change. You may be eating in front of people more often than [...]

In recognition of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Reasons Eating Disorder Center is proud to partner with The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness for this year’s Not One More campaign. In this blog, we explore why eating disorder support should meet people sooner — before symptoms escalate and before suffering is [...]

Why Diagnostic Accuracy in Eating Disorders Is Influenced By Weight Diagnostic assessment in eating disorders is intended to be data-driven and evidence-based. Clinicians are trained to evaluate behavior, lab trends, cardiovascular status, cognitive patterns and functional decline. At the same time, interpretation is always shaped by human judgment, and human [...]

A compassion-focused approach to eating disorder recovery Have you ever noticed how naturally compassion flows toward other people—but becomes much harder to access when you turn it toward yourself? Many people impacted by eating disorders can offer patience, care, and understanding to others, yet respond to their own pain with [...]

Intermittent dissociation is a common and underrecognized experience in eating disorder treatment, particularly during meals, food exposures, body-focused conversations, and medical monitoring. When it goes unnoticed, dissociation is often mistaken for disengagement, resistance, or lack of motivation. For providers, this misinterpretation can lead to stalled progress, frustration, and treatment decisions [...]

January rarely arrives quietly. Suddenly, conversations shift. Advertisements multiply. Social media fills with messages about “re-setting,” “undoing the holidays,” or starting over. Diets are repackaged as wellness plans, and control is framed as care. If this time of year feels activating, exhausting, or destabilizing, that response makes sense. January diet [...]