Emotional Eating Center - Winston-Salem, NC
Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem * Doreen L Hughes MD  Raymond H Andrew MD  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  WFUBMC Psychiatry  Winston Clinical Associates  Ali Jarrahi MD  New Directions Treatment Center  Family Behavioral Health  Palmer Edwards MD  Bethesda Clinic  New Directions Treatment Center  New Directions Treatment Center  New Directions Treatment Center  Family Behavioral Health  Khosrow Bahrani MD  Beverly N Jones MD  Christopher B Aiken MD  Winston-Salem Health Care Psychiatry  Richard L Spencer MD  H Ezell Branham MD  Ashleybrook Clinic PA  Winston Psychiatrics  Winston Psychiatrics  Patricia C Farrell MD  Sevenhill Associates PA  Peidmont Psychiatric Associates  Peidmont Psychiatric Associates  Peidmont Psychiatric Associates  Stephen Kirley MD  Psimed PA  Alexander G Myers MD  Regional Psychiatric Associates  Regional Psychiatric Associates  Davidson County Mental Health Center  Guilford County Mental Health  Presbyterian Counseling Center  Triad Psychiatric Counceling Center  Triad Psychiatric Counceling Center  Triad Psychiatric Counceling Center  The Northwest Center  Parish McKinney MD  The Northwest Center  Crossroads Psychiatry Group  Crossroads Psychiatry Group  Cornerstone Psychological Services PA  Cone Behavioral Health  Andraos Nicola MD  Victor M Rosado MD  Salisbury Psychiatric Associates  Rockingham Mental Health Center  Sandhills Center Mental Health  Sandhills Center Mental Health  Steven S Pierson MD  Jason E Mastor MD PA  Jason E Mastor MD PA  Northeast Psychiatric  William Y Chen MD  William J Ryan II MD  Daymark Recovery  Lake Norman Integrative Psychiatry  Southlake Psychiatry PC  University Psychiatric Associates PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Eastover Psychological & Psychiatric Group PA  Presbyterian Psychiatric Associates  Presbyterian Psychiatric Associates  Presbyterian Psychiatric Associates  Scott N Lurie MD  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Castro & Yeoman MDs  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates  Carolinas Medical Group Psychiatric & Psychological Associates Winston-Salem, North CarolinaWinston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to the tallest office buildings in the region, such as 100 North Main Street. It is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage, or "Camel City", a reference to Camel cigarettes and the city's prominent tobacco industry; some locals use "Winston" in informal speech. Winston-Salem is home to three universities and one college: Wake Forest University, a nationally distinguished private university, Winston-Salem State University, a historically-black university founded in 1892, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and Salem College, a four-year liberal arts college for women. Upcoming Local Events2012-05-28
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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 Winston-Salem
Nearby Winston-Salem Hospitals *Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Medical Park Hospital Forsyth Medical Center High Point Regional Health System Thomasville Medical Center Lexington Memorial Hospital Davie County Hospital Wesley Long Community Hospital Moses Cone Behavioral Health Center The Women's Hospital of Greensboro Hoots Memorial Hospital Stokes Reynolds Memorial Hospital The Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Kindred Hospital Greensboro Rowan Regional Medical Center WG Bill Hefner VA Medical Center Northern Hospital of Surry County Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Featured Articles*Provider Directory Terms of Use: The WebMD 'Provider Directory' is provided by WebMD for use by the general public as a quick reference of information about Providers. The Provider Directory is not intended as a tool for verifying the credentials, qualifications, or abilities of any Provider contained therein. Inclusion in the Provider Directory does not imply recommendation or endorsement nor does omission in the Provider Directory imply WebMD disapproval. |
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