Help for Eating Disorders Spencerport NY

There is no abstinence from food. There is only management. This means that individuals who have eating disorders have to learn moderation, and that is very difficult, considerably harder than abstinence. There are a number of eating disorders which could be part of the problem. It’s not just all overeating. There is also anorexia nervosa, (which is basically starving yourself… sometimes to death) or bulimia nervosa (which involves inducing regurgitation).

Park Ridge Chemical Dependency Inc
(585) 723-7717
2650 Ridgeway Avenue
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Halfway house

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Saint Josephs Villa of Rochester Inc
(585) 865-1550x213
3300 Dewey Avenue
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Park Ridge Hospital Inc
(585) 368-6900x6990
81 Lake Avenue
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men

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East House Corp
(585) 546-4670
407 Frederick Douglas Street
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Halfway house

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Volunteers of America of Western NY
(585) 454-1151x7410
175 Ward Street
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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Unity Hlth System Park Ridge Hosp Inc
(585) 723-7723x7352
Chemical Dependency Building
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Seniors/older adults, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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DePaul Addiction Services
(585) 464-8870
774 West Main Street
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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Catholic Family Center
(585) 546-3046x327
55 Troup Street
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Arabic, Spanish

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YWCA of Rochester/Monroe County
(585) 368-2225
175 North Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY
Services Provided
Halfway house

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East House Corp
(585) 342-4950
239 Alphonse Street
Rochester, NY
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Halfway house

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Help for Eating Disorders

Finding help for eating disorders is different from finding help for any other addiction. This is because other substance abuses can be stopped cold turkey. If you go through alcohol withdrawal–or any withdrawal–you may become very sick. You may wish you were dead. But if you go through food withdrawal, you’ll die for real.

There is help for eating disorders.

There is no abstinence from food. There is only management. This means that individuals who have eating disorders have to learn moderation, and that is very difficult, considerably harder than abstinence. There are a number of eating disorders which could be part of the problem. It’s not just all overeating. There is also anorexia nervosa, (which is basically starving yourself… sometimes to death) or bulimia nervosa (which involves inducing regurgitation). Some of these problems include a mental disorder in which the individual can not see a true picture of their own body but see only some imagined defect that exists only in their mind. There’s also binge eating, and compulsive eating disorders –both of which serve somewhat as sedatives to calm or hide other psychological issues.

Just as in other addictions, inpatient and outpatient treatment is available; and programs are designed specifically to deal with psychiatric and physical problems as well as providing moral support. Cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychotherapy are also useful tools in dealing with dysfunctional eat...

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