Emotional Eating Center - Pontiac, MI
Pontiac 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 Pontiac * Easter Seals Family Mental Health  Easter Seals Family Mental Health  Oakland Psychiatric Associates PC  Oakland Psychiatric Associates PC  Oakland Psychiatric Associates PC  Debora L Ferguson MD  Edward Herman MD  Shahid Jamil MD  Auro Medical Center  Oakland Psychological Clinic  Howard Brode MD  Frank Greene MD  Davinder Kakar MD  Cassandra M Klyman MD  Community Network Services  Community Network Services  Community Network Services  Michael J Short MD & Associates  Havenwyck Hospital Psychiatry  Jeffrey London MD PC  Jeffrey London MD PC  Havenwyck Hospital Psychiatry  Eleanor M Medina MD  Neurobehavioral Medicine Group  Neurobehavioral Medicine Group  Neurobehavioral Medicine Group  Susan L Wainwright MD  Mayer Subrin MD  Donald Silver MD  Michael Colman MD  Michael Colman MD  J Scott Allen MD  Sander Breiner MD  Kenneth Israel MD  Philip J Parker MD  David Gurevitch MD  Oakland Psychological Clinic  David Gurevitch MD  Howard P Friedman MD  Beaumont Hospital Emergency Dept  New Oakland Child Adolescent & Family Center PC  Susan D Charlamb MD  Chris Howlett MD  Elliot C Wagenheim MD  Jean Chambers MD  Marieta Jamsek MD  Jon J Markey MD  Anthony B Michaels DO  Gerald A Shiener MD  Linda M Waldman MD  Lionel Finkelstein MD  Frederick F Shevin MD  Melvin Bornstein MD  Birmingham Psychiatry & Psychotherapy  Steven E Nickoloff MD  Clarkston Family Counseling  Seymour H Baxter MD  Gilbert Ladd MD  Gilbert Ladd MD  Gilbert Ladd MD  Gilbert Ladd MD  Gilbert Ladd MD  Irwin P Adelson MD  Diana M Constance MD  Santosh K Rastogi MD PC  Neil Talon MD  Birmingham Counseling Center PC  Birmingham Counseling Center PC  Alvin B Michaels MD PLLC  Marvin L Starman MD  Bryan Weinstein DO  Rosalind Griffin MD  Harvey Rosenberg MD  Jean Ross MD  Bernard E Kole MD  M V Buzzard MD PC  Irina Fiksman MD Mind & Mood Clinic  Rhona B Ahmad MD  Bar-Levav & Associates  Michael Freedman MD  Barbara Kilian MD  Carol A Roekle MD  Richard A Ruzumna MD  James Bartunek MD  Kenneth A Kron MD  Nadimpall Raju MD  Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine  Rochester Center for Behavioral Medicine  Mufid B Al-Najjar MD PC  Marvin H Weckstein MD  Ellen Rotblatt MD PC  Comprehensive Psychiatric Services PC  Comprehensive Psychiatric Services PC  Comprehensive Psychiatric Services PC  Comprehensive Psychiatric Services PC  Sabiha J Omar MD  Anitha Padmanabhan MD  Psychopharmacology Associates  Comprehensive Psychiatric Services PC  Pioneer Counseling Pontiac, MichiganUpcoming 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 Pontiac
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