Emotional Eating Center - Pittsfield, MA
Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield * Berkshire Mental Health & Substance Abuse  William E Knight MD  Berkshire Medical Center Psychiatry  Berkshire Medical Center Psychiatry  Austin Riggs Center  Austin Riggs Center  Austin Riggs Center  Austin Riggs Center  Philip J Pryjma MD  The Breen Center  County Psychiatric Center  Brien Center for Mental Health  Brien Center for Mental Health  SuEllen Hamkins MD  Cooley Dickinson Hospital Behavioral Health Services  Valley Medical Group PC  Valley Medical Group PC  Valley Medical Group PC  Cooley Dickinson Hospital Behavioral Health Services  Luz M Martin MD & Associates  Ballis Psychiatrics Associates  Carl Saviano MD  Marc A Bleicher MD  Therapeutic Associates PC  Sanford Bloomberg MD  Raymond Gottlieb MD  Michael Perlman MD  Richard C Rice MD  Ira Addes MD  Harold R Jordan MD  Service Net Inc  Donna M Cohen MD  Nancy Westermann MD  Holyoke Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry  Holyoke Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry  Holyoke Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry  Holyoke Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry  Franklin Medical Center Psychiatry  Franklin Medical Center Psychiatry  Franklin Medical Center Psychiatry  Providence Behavioral Health  Providence Behavioral Health  Ricardo A Mujica MD  Lydia A Kapell MD  RiverBend Medical Group Chicopee Office  RiverBend Medical Group Chicopee Office  RiverBend Medical Group Chicopee Office  RiverBend Medical Group Chicopee Office  Killian O'Connell MD  UMass Mental Health Services  UMass Mental Health Services  Baystate Medical Center  Baystate Medical Center  Baystate Medical Center  Kenneth Talan MD  Luz M Martin MD & Associates  Moris Pardo MD  Shoshana Sokoloff MD  Behavioral Health Network  Aloysius L Davis III MD  Behavioral Health Network  Ralph L Cohen MD  Brightside School Street Counseling Institute  Memory Wellness LLC  Valley Psychiatric Services Inc  Baystate Behavioral Health Associates  Bay State Behavioral Health  Baystate Behavioral Health Associates  Benjamin Liptzin MD  Baystate Behavioral Health Associates  Baystate Behavioral Health Associates  Psychiatry Care Associates PC  Elizabeth A Bramson MD  Counseling & Gynecology Group  Jay Pomerantz MD  Griswold Center Wing Memorial Hospital  Griswold Center Wing Memorial Hospital  Griswold Center Wing Memorial Hospital  Griswold Center Wing Memorial Hospital  Barre Family Health Center  George B Wells Human Services  George B Wells Human Services  George B Wells Human Services  George B Wells Human Services  George B Wells Human Services  Heywood Hospital Mental Health  Stephen R Greenberg MD  Newton Square Counseling Center  Arbour Counseling Services Pittsfield, MassachusettsUpcoming Local Events2012-06-10
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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 Pittsfield
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