Emotional Eating Center - Yonkers, NY
Yonkers 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 Yonkers * Ronald Fraier MD  Riverdale Mental Health Associates  Riverdale Mental Health Associates  Riverdale Mental Health Associates  Riverdale Mental Health Associates  Riverdale Mental Health Associates  Riverdale Mental Health Associates  Bennett L Rosner MD  Francine Cournos MD  Yadagiri Chepuru MD  Hector Retik MD  Ellen Flynn MD  Donald Meyers MD  Donald Meyers MD  Frank B Finkelstein MD  Peter G Sack MD  FEGS Bronx Center  Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center  Regional Neurologic Associates  Gabriela A Hundorfean MD  Children's Hospital at Montefiore Pediatric Emergency Rm  Montefiore Medical Center Psychiatry Dept  Montefiore Medical Center Psychiatry Dept  Gateway Counseling Center  Fredrick J Matzner MD  Mahinderjit Singh MD  Boris Rubinstein MD & Lee Cohen MD  Rehana Latif MD  Boris Rubinstein MD & Lee Cohen MD  Diana Horne MD  Roberto Clemente Family Guidance Program  Mariann Turato MD  Centro Medico Dominicano  Hugo M Morales MD  Jules Ranz, MD  Inwood Clinic  Inwood Clinic  Inwood Clinic  Inwood Clinic  Inwood Clinic  Inwood Clinic  Inwood Clinic  Inwood Clinic  Rita L Silver MD  Vincent D Squilla MD  Bronx Lebannon Hospital Ctr  Bruce M Forester MD  Richard S Arenson MD  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center  Arthur R Jacobs MD  Westchester Medical Center  Bronx Lebannon Hospital Ctr  Bronx Park Medical Pavilion  Ganguly Associates  Jacobi Medical Center  Howard D Isaacs MD  Martin Lebinger MD  Silvia Furstenberg MD  Jose Baez MD  Maryann J Popiel MD  Seymour Rothman MD  Michael First MD  Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine  Ahmed Hakki MD  Leonard Kahn MD  Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine  Henry J Lefkowits MD  Jeffery Smith MD  Militza Stevanovic MD  Ana B Glick MD  Arnold Hodas MD  Morton Hodas MD  Deborah A Deliyannides MD  Nicolas DuMont MD  CPMC Psychiatry  CPMC Psychiatry  Psychiatric Institute  CPMC Psychiatry  David Molina MD  CPMC Psychiatry  B Timothy Walsh MD  CPMC Psychiatry  Dione Ghisalbert DO  Jonathan A Slater MD  Ricardo E Arango MD  Jules R Bemporad MD  Soundview Throgs Neck Community Mental Health Center  Jeffrey P Kahn MD  Charles A Kaufmann MD  The Sleep Disorders Center  Joanne Moore MD  Arthur Sinkman MD  Harvey Barten MD  Ernest J Pelaccio MD  Jewish Board of Family & Childrens Services  Martin A Anim MD  Judith Ebenstein MD  Community Healthcare Network  Daniel A Goldberg MD  Daniel P Sabbeth MD Yonkers, New YorkUpcoming Local Events2012-06-02
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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.
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