Emotional Eating Center - Broken Arrow, OK
Broken Arrow Psychiatrist Doctors for Emotional EatingType of Physician: Psychiatrist What is a Psychiatrist? A certification by the Board of Psychiatry & Neurology; practitioners are skilled in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental, addictive and emotional disorders. He or she is trained to understand the biological, psychological and social components of illness and is qualified to order diagnostic laboratory tests and to prescribe medications, as well as to evaluate and treat psychological and interpersonal problems. The psychiatrist is also prepared to intervene with individuals and families who are coping with stress, crises, and other problems in living. Specialty: Psychiatry Common Name: Psychiatrist Doctors in Broken Arrow * Stephen L Greer MD  Stephen L Greer MD  Marvin Jin and Associates  Patricia Allison DO & Jane Epperley PhD  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Michael D Dubriwny MD  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Dominic Losacco MD  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital  University of Oklahoma Schuesterman Health Science Center  University of Oklahoma Schuesterman Health Science Center  University of Oklahoma Schuesterman Health Science Center  University of Oklahoma Schuesterman Health Science Center  University of Oklahoma Schuesterman Health Science Center  University of Oklahoma Schuesterman Health Science Center  Virginia R Heller MD  Tulsa Developmental Pediatrics  David L Shadid DO  Peter Alan Rao MD PLLC  Charles R Cobb MD  William R Ford MD  Edgar M Cleaver MD  SJP Psychiatry  Mark A Kelley MD  William R Reid MD  Ralph W Richter MD  Jeanne M Edwards MD  Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic  Parkside Psychiatric Hospital & Clinic  Wagoner Community Hospital  Charles A Lester MD  Jeanie M McCance MD  Kyle L Stewart MD  Psychiatric Resource  Deborah S Jennings MD PC  Grand Lake Mental Health Center  Alison F Dancer MD  Artisan Psychiatric Consultants  Artisan Psychiatric Consultants  Baiba Ercum MD  William Hamilton MD  Alzira F Vaidya MD  Alzira F Vaidya MD Broken Arrow, OklahomaUpcoming Local Events2012-06-17
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Emotional EatingRead the Emotional Eating article » How Can I Identify Eating Triggers?Situations and emotions that trigger us to eat fall into five main categories.
To identify what triggers excessive eating in you, keep a food diary that records what and when you eat as well as what stressors, thoughts, or emotions you identify as you eat. You should begin to identify patterns to your excessive eating fairly quickly. How Do I Break Myself of the Habit?Identifying eating triggers is the first step; however, this alone is not sufficient to alter eating behavior. Usually, by the time you have identified a pattern, eating in response to emotions or certain situations has become a habit. Now you have to break that habit. Developing alternatives to eating is the second step. When you start to reach for food in response to a trigger, try one of the following activities instead.
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