Emotional Eating Center - Logan, UT
Logan 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 Logan * Laura B Fisher MD  Bear River Mental Health Services  Robert Stauffer MD & Associates  McKay-Dee Hospital Behavioral Health Institute  McKay-Dee Hospital Behavioral Health Institute  McKay-Dee Hospital Behavioral Health Institute  McKay-Dee Hospital Behavioral Health Institute  McKay-Dee Hospital Behavioral Health Institute  McKay-Dee Hospital Behavioral Health Institute  Nancy Pantziris MD  University of UT Health Science Center  Department of Psychiatry  Department of Psychiatry  Department of Psychiatry  LDS Hospital Behavioral Health  Mood Disorders Clinic  Department of Psychiatry  Department of Psychiatry  Department of Psychiatry  Daniel C Rapp MD  Daniel C Rapp MD  R Duncan Wallace MD  Psychological Assoc  Michael A Kligman MD  Susan Mirow MD  Leonard J Schmidt MD  Robert D Birch MD  Lowry A Bushnell MD  Gregory W Ellis MD  Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute  Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute  Leonard J Schmidt MD  Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute  Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute  Joe C Culbertson MD  Veterans Affairs Center  Mitzi L Wasserstein MD  Child Center  William Kuentzel MD  North Valley Mental Health  North Valley Mental Health  Michaela S Mohr MD  North Valley Mental Health  Avalon Valley Rehab  Comprehensive Psychological Services  David L McCann MD PC  Paul L Whitehead MD  Darrell G Anderson MD  E. Alan Jeppsen, MD  Glen E Johnson MD  Primary Childrens Counseling Center  Primary Childrens Counseling Center  Wasatch Canyons Center for Counseling  Primary Childrens Counseling Center  Primary Childrens Counseling Center  Radiant Research  John Helfer MD  Behavioral Intermountain Health  Behavioral Intermountain Health  Behavioral Intermountain Health  Behavioral Intermountain Health  Behavioral Intermountain Health  Valley Mental Health South Valley Logan, UtahUpcoming 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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