Emotional Eating Center - Pasadena, TX
Pasadena 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 Pasadena * Enrique Mendia MD  Gustav R Schmiege Jr. MD  Daniel L Koppersmith MD  Elizabeth Hedden MD  Broadway Medical Clinic  Aslam Loya MD PA  Child & Adolescent Mental Health  Child & Adolescent Mental Health  Child & Adolescent Mental Health  MHMRA  Marsha Wheatley MD  Bay Area Psychiatry Group  Nicholas J Giannukos MD  Darrell A Griffin MD  Benji B Melton MD  Samaritan Counseling Center  Larry M Nahmias MD  Larry M Nahmias MD  UT Harris County Psychiatric Center  UT Harris County Psychiatric Center  Patricia P Corke, MD PA  Mohammed Ayoub MD  Harry Faust MD  Thomas Street Health Center  Michael E Debakey VA Hospital  Michael E Debakey VA Hospital  Leigh Bishop MD  Restrepo Associates  C Glenn Cambor MD  Catherine Stevenson MD  Baylor Psychiatric Clinic  MD Anderson Cancer Center Neuro-Oncology  Broadacre Center  Baylor Psychiatric Clinic  Baylor Psychiatric Clinic  UT- MSI Psychiatry  Baylor Psychiatric Clinic  MRDD Clinic  Rachelle Doody MD  MD Anderson Cancer Center Neuro-Oncology  University Of Texas Medical Ctr  Theresa N Blackburn MD  Herbert I Dorfan MD  Psychiatry  Stanton I Moldovan MD  Adult Psychiatric Clinic  Psychiatry  Devereux Outpatient Services  Devereux Outpatient Services  Brainwaves Neuroimaging Clinic LLC  David Suchowiecky MD  Psychiatric Associates of Houston  Baylor Psychiatric Professionals  Ranjit C Chacko MD  Wafaa Y Farag MD  Sandra N McElroy MD  Menninger Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences  Menninger Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences  Emilio Rene Cardona MD  Mohsen Mirabi MD  Barry F Gritz MD  Randall Matthews MD  Don M LaGrone MD  Gerald Busch MD  Arthur J Farley MD  Joel S Hochman MD  Daniel A Kaufman MD & Dale Hill MD  Mariame C Aviles MD  Leng Bang MD  Letha Cole MD  Kathy C Flanagan MD  Edwin E Johnstone MD  Angela Partida MD  Guy K Patterson MD  Jan Poage MD  Donna Sutter MD  Kathleen Gallentine MD  Susan T Meixner MD  Mary L Scharold MD  Thomas R Brandon MD  Charles S DeJohn MD  Depelchin Childrens Center  Michael L Pipkin MD  Rukshan Azhar MD  Mansour R Sanjar MD  C V Sathees MD  Syed Ahmed MD  Alain Katic MD  Alain Katic MD  Alain Katic MD  Michael Lesem MD  Alain Katic MD  Manuel C Ramirez MD  Seth W Silverman MD  Alvin Beyer MD  Kanellos Charalampous MD  Doreen A Sabalesky MD  Matt Brams MD  Tzu C Lu MD  The Psychiatric Practice of Alice R Mao MD Pasadena, TexasUpcoming Local Events2012-05-26
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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.
Recommended Reading Related to Emotional EatingHow does depression in the elderly differ from depression in younger adults?Depression in later life frequently coexists with other medical illnesses and disabilities. In addition, advancing age is often accompanied by loss of social support systems due to the death of a spouse or siblings, retirement, or relocation of residence. Because of changes in an elderly person's circumstances and the fact that elderly people are expected to slow down, doctors and family may miss the signs of depression. As a result, effective treatment gets delayed. Many seniors find themselves trying to cope with symptoms that could have been easily treated. Depression tends to last longer in elderly adults. It doubles their risk of cardiac diseases and increases their risk of death from illness. At the same time, depression reduces an elderly person's ability to rehabilitate. Studies of nursing home patients with physical illnesses have shown that the pres... Other Related Emotional Eating ArticlesEmergency Contact for Pasadena
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