Deadly Effects of Anorexia Circleville OH

Obsession with calorie counting, taking laxatives and diet pills or diuretics (drugs that elevate the amount of urine excretion), sometimes bulimia (inducing vomiting after a meal) and excessive exercising are the most common signs of this disease; as is hiding food or lying about food consumption.

Pickaway Area Recovery Services
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319 Logan Street
Circleville, OH
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(740) 773-8050x101
126 East 2nd Street
Chillicothe, OH
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(740) 687-4500
1856 Cedar Hill Road
Lancaster, OH
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Volunteers of America
(614) 849-0145x216
624 Harmon Avenue
Columbus, OH
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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(216) 721-4010
12201 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH
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Substance abuse
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Men, Criminal justice clients

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Scioto Paint Valley Mental Health Ctr
(740) 474-8874
145 Morris Road
Circleville, OH
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(740) 477-2579
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men
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Buckeye Counseling Center
(740) 689-1890
117 West Main Street
Lancaster, OH
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Substance abuse
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Mid Ohio Psychological Services
(740) 687-0042
624 East Main Street
Lancaster, OH
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Outpatient
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Tri Health
(513) 569-6116
375 Dixmyth Avenue
Cincinnati, OH
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Detoxification
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Hospital inpatient
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(330) 682-4800
119 East Market Street
Orrville, OH
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Deadly Effects of Anorexia

In the modern world with fashion industry’s standards of beauty eating disorders are still on a balanced rise. “You can never be too thin” peer demands and daily magazine covers with ultra-thin models or stars make us only too conscious of our own flaws. What is not shown are the statistics: 20% of people with anorexia will end up dead. Anorexia nervosa, like most eating disorders, usually starts during puberty, but it can also affect adults and children. Recent studies indicate that the age of onset of anorexia is getting younger and younger, starting as early as 7 years of age. Though most commonly associated with teenage girls and adult women, it is estimated that 10% of reported cases of anorexia are boys and adult men. These numbers could be false, since anorexia is pegged as a “female disorder” and men might have difficulties admitting to the disease.People who have anorexia are obsessed with being thin and will usually go to any lengths to achieve and maintain this. They can’t see themselves through others’ eyes and often perceive themselves as fat. As a result, they will literally starve themselves in the name of “beauty”. Obsession with calorie counting, taking laxatives and diet pills or diuretics (drugs that elevate the amount of urine excretion), sometimes bulimia (inducing vomiting after a meal) and excessive exercising are the most common signs of this disease; as is hiding food or lying about food consumption. F...

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