Emotional Eating Center - Stratford, CT
Stratford 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 Stratford * Dorothy C Liptak MD  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  Bergeron Allen LaBruzza & Podd Medical Office  Adult Behavioral Health  Jeffrey Deitz MD  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  Jo Ann Smith MD  The Waynik Group  The Waynik Group  Optimus Health Care Inc  Bridges A Community Support System Inc  Columbia Mental Health  Columbia Mental Health  Columbia Mental Health  Henri Czarny MD  Mark Rego MD  Melissa Welby MD  S L Brown MD & R Klein PHD  James E Phillips MD  David Gianetti MD  Psychotherapy Center  David Ciancimino MD  Christian Counseling & Family Life  Lustick & Rickler MDs  Alan J Sholomskas MD  The Waynik Group  Jenifer Nields MD  JP Marachi MD  Atlantic Health Services  Griffin Hospital Psychiatry  Griffin Hospital Psychiatry  Michael Kligfeld MD  Joseph P D'Apice MD  Brighter Concept Inc  Donald C Bell MD  Edward Sheppard MD  Sandra Boltax-Stern MD  Dan A Oren MD  David Ross MD  Ronald A Grant MD  West Haven Mental Health Clinic  Bernard J Langenauer MD  Michael Nelken MD  Harvey L Ruben MD PC  Harvey L Ruben MD PC  Lustick & Rickler MDs  Harvey L Ruben MD PC  Harvey L Ruben MD PC  Herbert A Schwartz MD  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services  Raina Sotsky MD  Westville Asssociates  Harry J Brown MD  Frank J Ninivaggi MD  Joan F Poll MD  Leon Tec MD  Yale Connecticut Mental Health Center  Farin Nejad MD  Yale Connecticut Mental Health Center  CMHC  The Alzheimers Disease Unit at Yale  Victor A Altshul MD PC  Donald S Bialos MD  Drs Desan Papsun & Powsner  Louis B Fierman MD  David Greenfeld MD  Yale University Medical Center  Drs Desan Papsun & Powsner  Drs Desan Papsun & Powsner  Neurotransplant & Neurobehavior Program  Lynn Reiser MD  Ralph Hoffman MD  Robert Milstein MD  M B Shimelman MD PC  William H Sledge MD  Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Services  Ashwini Sabnis MD  George J Watstein MD  Renata Weissberg MD  Kay L Cowan MD  Charles Silberman MD  Kimberly Yonkers MD  Robert Israely MD  Ilana Karpenos MD  Bergeron Allen LaBruzza & Podd Medical Office  Boris Meandzija MD  Sidney H Phillips MD  Dana Salomy MD  Ameet Lamba MD  Victoria R Morrow MD  Rosemary Balsam MD Stratford, ConnecticutUpcoming Local Events2012-05-29
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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 Stratford
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