Emotional Eating Center - Potomac, MD
Potomac 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 Potomac * Bruce P Pfeffer MD PA & Associates  Bruce P Pfeffer MD PA & Associates  Lee Haller MD  Robert C Karlsberg MD  Alan Brody MD  Robert I Simon MD  Susan J Fiester MD  Ann C Birk MD  Gerald H Fink MD PA  Benjamin E Bronheim MD  Susan G Lazar MD  Charles T Gordon MD  Irwin H Marill MD  Currents In Effective Illness  Currents In Effective Illness  Louise Y Postman MD  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Jerrold M Post MD  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Old Georgetown Mental Health Associates LLC  Laurel Northup MD  John Zinner MD  Robert J Winer MD  Pablo R Bogado MD  Ginta V Remeikis MD  Charles H Troshinsky MD  Cedarbrook Clinic  Dhir Shakuntala MD  Herbert S Gross MD  CBH Health  Bert Nayfack MD  Norman E Rosenthal MD  Juan M Saavedra MD  Town Center Psychiatric Associates  Ramesh K Thapar MD  St Lukes House Inc  Sandra Hershberg MD  St Lukes House Inc  George M Saiger MD  Abby Z Wellman MD  Sawsan J Asterbadi MD  Edward W Beal MD  Sherry D Goldman MD  Marc Hertzman MD  Bonnie R Anthony MD  Robert N Anthony Jr. MD  DuPont & Associates  DuPont & Associates  DuPont & Associates  Carl R Gray MD  Michael Gross MD  Steven Israel MD  Joseph D Lichtenberg MD  Kaiser Permanente Psychiatry  Contemporary Psychiatric Services  Contemporary Psychiatric Services  Mehdi Ghazinoor-Naini MD  Joseph R Silvio MD  Albert A Zachik MD  John S Kafka MD  Neuroscientific Insights  Lauren Hodas MD  John K Hsiao MD  Neuroscientific Insights  Bernard M Snyder MD  Steven L Taube MD  Glasser Medical Psychiatric Services  Glasser Medical Psychiatric Services  Glasser Medical Psychiatric Services  Associated Psychotherapy Centers  Glasser Medical Psychiatric Services  Associated Psychotherapy Centers  Comprehensive Behavioral Services LLC  Glasser Medical Psychiatric Services  Associated Psychotherapy Centers  Glasser Medical Psychiatric Services  Thomas A Wehr MD  Stanley Greenspan MD  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences  James H Hutchinson MD  National Institute Mental Health  Addiction Treatment and Recovery  Darrel Regier MD  Robert Stasko MD  Anne C Mazonson MD LLC  Woodmont Psychiatric Group  Woodmont Psychiatric Group  Woodmont Psychiatric Group  J Alfred LeBlanc MD  Barbara J Novak MD  Psychiatric Specialty Services  Anne Sagalyn MD  Woodmont Psychiatric Group  Albert H Taub MD Potomac, MarylandUpcoming Local Events2012-05-27
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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 Potomac
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