Emotional Eating Center - West Hartford, CT
West Hartford 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 West Hartford * Rima Brauer MD  Lee D Brauer MD  James C Black MD  Anthony L Fons MD  TOPS PC  Mujeeb Khalique MD  Carissa Patsky MD  Ann L Price MD  Ronni Stein MD  Aileen Feldman MD  Jonathan S Greenberg MD  Frank W Knoblauch MD  Connecticut Counseling Associates  Walter Borden MD  Bennett Enowitch MD  R Kenneth La Frenier MD  Kenneth S Robson MD  Barry Rosenkranz MD  Carol W Starr MD  C Lee Blair MD  Kenneth Blatt MD  Maria DaCosta MD  St Francis Care Behavioral Health  Thomas M Hill MD  Bruce H Levy MD  Psychological Health Associates  Irene Abramovich MD  Carole Black Cohen MD  Brian C Eddy LLC  Dale J Wallington MD  William C Alder MD  Mary L Ayre MD  Theodore D Fishman MD & Joyce R Kamanitz MD  Thelissa A Harris MD  Theodore D Fishman MD & Joyce R Kamanitz MD  Steven M Katz MD  Hallie E Moore MD  Samuel M Silverman MD  Marvin Zelman MD  Saint Francis Psychiatry  Gerard B Selzer MD  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  Alexander P Miano MD LLC  Hartford Hospital Psychiatry Department  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  Connecticut Mental Health  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  Connecticut Mental Health  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  Julian Offsay MD  UConn Health Center Psychiatry  Sanjay Banerjee MD  The Institute of Living Geriatric Psychiatry  Alfred Herzog MD  Howard G Iger MD  Community Health Services  William L Joughin MD  The Institute of Living Geriatric Psychiatry  Hartford Hospital Psychiatry  Community Health Services  Stewart L Wolff MD  Peter M Zeman MD  John B Duboczy MD  Laurence J Goldstein MD  Surita Rao MD  Daisy Jacob MD  Cedarcrest Hospital  St Francis Behavioral Health Group, PCPC  Capitol Region Mental Health Center  Capitol Region Mental Health Center  Capitol Region Mental Health Center  Capitol Region Mental Health Center  Beacon Behavioral Health LLC  Rekha Ranade-Kapur MD  CT Anxiety & Depression Treatment Center  CT Anxiety & Depression Treatment Center  CT Anxiety & Depression Treatment Center  Richard Nilson MD & Susan Nilson MD  Richard Nilson MD & Susan Nilson MD  Vista Behavioral Health  Community Mental Health Affilliates  Valley Psychiatry  Edgardo D Lorenzo MD  Paragon Behavioral Health  Richard S Goldberg MD  Ian R Cameron MD PC  Angela Cappiello MD  The Center For Applied Neuroscience  Glastonbury Psychotherapy Associates  Robert G Lussier MD  Glastonbury Psychotherapy Associates  Michael J Pierce MD LLC  Associates in Psychotherapy & Psychiatry LLC  Kenneth Selig MD West Hartford, ConnecticutUpcoming Local Events2012-06-17
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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 West Hartford
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Depression
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Depression in Children
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Depression in the Elderly
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