Discovering a Suitable Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders Pascagoula MS

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.

Stevens Center of Singing River Servs
(228) 769-1280
4905 Telephone Road
Pascagoula, MS
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(228) 497-0690
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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Gulf Coast Treatment Center
(251) 865-0123
12271 Interchange Road
Grand Bay, AL
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Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
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Alcohol Services Center Inc
(601) 948-6220
950 North West Street
Jackson, MS
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Substance abuse
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DUI/DWI offenders

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Sunflower Landing
(662) 624-4905
2900 Highway 49 South
Dublin, MS
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(662) 902-7296
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Substance abuse , Detoxification
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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A Bridge To Recovery
(601) 977-9353
361 Towne Center Boulevard
Ridgeland, MS
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Substance abuse
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men

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Singing River Services
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3407 Shamrock Court
Gautier, MS
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DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
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Home of Grace
(228) 826-5283
14200 Jericho Road
Vancleave, MS
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Weems Community Mental Health Center
(601) 693-1001
1415 1/2 College Drive
Meridian, MS
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(601) 483-4821
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Halfway house
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
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DUI/DWI offenders

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Communicare
(662) 429-7875
185 West Center Street
Hernando, MS
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(662) 234-7521
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women, DUI/DWI offenders

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Weems Community Mental Health Center
(601) 469-2211
13682 Highway 80 West
Forest, MS
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Substance abuse
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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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