Emotional Eating Center - Penn Hills, PA
Penn Hills 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 Penn Hills * John P Shields DO  John Delaney MD  Paul I Weiss MD  Martone & Martone MD  Sailaja P Allanki MD  Paul Blastos MD  Colleen Sari MD  Community Psychiatric Centers  Alice Buchdahl MD  Maurice S Cerul MD  Murray T Charlson MD  Howard K Foster MD  Ralph Gardener MD  Ralph Gardener MD  Marc E Garfinkel MD  Nancy S Hazlett MD  Stuart Hirsch MD  Lawrence T Lobl MD  Sylvia R Mendelsohn MD  John P Nelson MD  Gerald B Sandson MD  C Paul Scott MD  Kenneth Stanko MD  Family Services of Western Pennsylvania  Gail M Kubrin MD  Daniel S Shrager MD  Robert H Trivus MD  Center for Integrative Medicine  Chester M Berschling MD  Prabir K Mullick MD & Associates PC  Associates in Clinical Psychiatry  Prabir K Mullick MD & Associates PC  Associates in Clinical Psychiatry  Associates in Quality Psychiatric Medicine  Associates in Quality Psychiatric Medicine  Stress Management Center  Barry L Judd MD  Charles S Berlin MD  Drs Kann & Harris  Elliott J Goldstein MD  Eileen Gorry MD  Vista Behavioral Health Associates  Vista Behavioral Health Associates  Robert L Wittig MD  Rudolph E M Janosko MD  Duane G Spiker MD & Robert H Howland MD  Duane G Spiker MD & Robert H Howland MD  Harold B Pinkofsky MD  The Braddock Center for Behavioral Medicine  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Kurt Ackerman MD PhD  Penn Psycare Inc  Services for Research & Recovery  Penn Psycare Inc  Penn Psycare Inc  UPMC Senior Care Benedum Geriatric Ctr  UPMC Senior Care Benedum Geriatric Ctr  UPMC Senior Care Benedum Geriatric Ctr  UPMC Senior Care Benedum Geriatric Ctr  UPMC Senior Care Benedum Geriatric Ctr  UPMC Senior Care Benedum Geriatric Ctr  UPMC Senior Care Benedum Geriatric Ctr  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Children & Family Services  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic STAR Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Thomas Detre MD  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Roger F Haskett MD  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic  Martin Lubetsky MD  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center  Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic Penn Hills, PennsylvaniaUpcoming Local Events2012-06-02
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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 Penn Hills
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