Emotional Eating Center - Santa Clara, CA
Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara * Nely C Coyukiat-Fu MD  Stuart E Krigel MD  Valley Psychiatric Medical Group  Valley Psychiatric Medical Group  Valley Psychiatric Medical Group  Valley Psychiatric Medical Group  Central Mental Health Center  Central Mental Health Center  Central Mental Health Center  Michael Meade MD  Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley  Rebecca A Powers MD  Allan C Sidle MD  Owen Valentine MD  Frederick Delse MD  Meenakshi Samantaray MD  Meenakshi Samantaray MD  Don Dinh Tran & Nam Hua Tran MDs  Gardner Family Care Corporation  Gardner Family Care Corporation  Gardner Family Care Corporation  Michael Seid MD  Bay Area Childrens Association  Philip A Grossi MD  Douglas Mar MD  Elizabeth Richards MD  Christian Counseling Center  Anthony Atwell MD  Saad A Shakir MD Inc  Psychotherapy Associates  Pacific Biobehavioral Group  Shingsan Chou MD  Phuong-Thuy Le MD  Dorson Liss MD  Pacific Biobehavioral Group  Franklin Rumore MD  Mark Snyder MD  Psychotherapy Associates  Pacific Biobehavioral Group  Hector S Cerezo MD  Mark Davidow MD  Alfred Ehlenberger MD  Patrick Fitzsimmons MD  Justine Forbes MD  Sharon Paley MD  Santa Clara County of Mental Health  Santa Clara County of Mental Health  Santa Clara County of Mental Health  Michelle N Indianer DO & Perry Segal MD  Michelle N Indianer DO & Perry Segal MD  El Camino Hospital Psychiatry  El Camino Hospital Psychiatry  Solution Psychiatric Associates  Solution Psychiatric Associates  Zahida S Tayyib MD  Sandra Kamiak MD  Bruce Bienenstock MD  Stanley E Fischman MD  Peter Lucy MD  Salvatore R Tuzzo MD  William Waterfield Jr. MD  Philip M Liu MD & Paul N Snider MD  Philip M Liu MD & Paul N Snider MD  Philip M Liu MD & Paul N Snider MD  Thomas J Becker MD  Ronald H Cohen MD  West Valley Group  Kimberly A Holland MD  Duke D Fisher & Duke V Fisher MDs  Duke D Fisher & Duke V Fisher MDs  Justin D Grey MD  Sharadha Raghavan MD  Zorica M Ljaljevic MD  Jack W Simon MD  Anya E Steinberg MD  Neil Brast MD  Matthew S Stubblefield MD  R Eugene Woods Jr. MD  Palo Alto Medical Foundation Fremont Center  Palo Alto Medical Foundation Fremont Center  Palo Alto Medical Foundation Fremont Center  Positive Care Stanford  Palo Alto Veterans Hospital  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fremont  Charles W Casella MD  North County Mental Health  Kenneth Seeman MD  Jeanette E Bland MD  George David MD  Ivan B Gendzel MD  Vasdeep S Kahlon MD  Fremont Psychiatry Medical Group  Fremont Psychiatry Medical Group  Richard J Corelli MD  Jean Kirsch MD  Thomas B Kirsch MD  B William Kilgore MD Inc  Norman Dishotsky MD  Rosalinda Taymor MD  Richard Almond MD Santa Clara, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2012-06-16
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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 Santa Clara
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