Discovering a Suitable Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders Harwood Heights IL

Recovery from eating disorders is possible. If you are the parent of a child with an eating disorder you probably already monitor meals, friends and activities. Two new studies from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital tell us there is now a need for monitoring your child’s internet use, and pre-teen weight loss in seemingly healthy children.

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DUI Counseling Center
Cumberland Business Center
773-489-5200
4701 North Cumberland Avenue
Suite 28
Services offered:
Substance abuse treatment, Accepts clients on opioid medication, Individual counseling offered, Group counseling offered, Family counseling offered, Aftercare/continuing care, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Discharge Planning, Substance abuse education, Screening for substance abuse, Social skills development, Case management, Drug or alcohol urine screening, Consumer-run (peer-support) services, Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing,
DUI Counseling Center
Cumberland Business Center
773-489-5200
4701 North Cumberland Avenue
Suite 28
Services offered:Substance abuse treatment, Accepts clients on opioid medication, Individual counseling offered, Group counseling offered, Family counseling offered, Aftercare/continuing care, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Discharge Planning, Substance abuse education, Screening for substance abuse, Social skills development, Case management, Drug or alcohol urine screening, Consumer-run (peer-support) services, Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing

Service Setting:Outpatient, Intensive outpatient treatment, Regular outpatient treatment

Insurance Accepted:Cash or self-payment

New Leaf Counseling LLC
(847) 391-4180
1460 Renaissance Drive
Park Ridge, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Norwood Park Township Family Services
(708) 867-6886
4600 North Harlem Avenue
Harwood Heights, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Youth Outreach Services
(773) 777-6377
6417 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
(773) 637-1144
5825 West Belmont Avenue
Chicago, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Polish American Association
(773) 282-8206x354
3834 North Cicero Avenue
Chicago, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Polish

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Maine Center
(847) 696-1376x413
832 Busse Highway
Park Ridge, IL
Hotline
(847) 696-1576
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Gays and Lesbians, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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DUI Counseling Center
(773) 489-5200
4701 North Cumberland Avenue
Norridge, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Polish, Spanish

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Way Back Inn Inc
(773) 777-2696
3821 North Harlem Avenue
Chicago, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Polish

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Leyden Family Service
(847) 451-0330
10001 West Grand Avenue
Franklin Park, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Counseling Center of Illinois
(773) 777-6767
4515 North Milwaukee Street
Chicago, IL
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Polish, Russian, Serbian, Spanish

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Discovering a Suitable Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders

Illnesses with a biological origin inclined and altered by emotional and cultural factors are called as eating disorders. The professionals and the public do not recognize the eating disorder changes due to insufficient information about eating disorders. Eating disorders are serious. They are potentially life threatening and there is help available. Recovery from eating disorders is possible. If you are the parent of a child with an eating disorder you probably already monitor meals, friends and activities. Two new studies from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital tell us there is now a need for monitoring your child’s internet use, and pre-teen weight loss in seemingly healthy children. Watch out for bad advice from pro-eating disorder websites. One study indicates that pro-eating disorder websites may promote dangerous behaviors in adolescents with eating disorders. The second study indicates that pre-teens with eating disorders tend to lose weight more quickly than adolescents with the condition and weigh comparatively less at diagnosis.Researchers found that about half of the patients surveyed said they had visited websites about eating disorders. A huge percentage of these teens reported they had learned new dieting and purging techniques. Researchers are also finding that pro-eating disorder site visitors tend to have a longer duration of disease, spent less time on schoolwork and spent more time online each...

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