Influence of Binge Eating among Kids, Adults and Athletes Annandale VA

Body Fat Restrictions: “Making weight”, “reducing body fat percentages” or creating a more sculpted body image are only some of the pressure points routinely applied to male and female athletes by coaches and judges every day. Think of the wiry bones-and-muscle only physiques associated with the major “endurance sports” such as cross country running, cycling.

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703-750-1292
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Living Free Health Services
703-750-1292
4306 Evergreen Lane
Suite 204
Services offered:Substance abuse treatment, Individual counseling offered, Group counseling offered, Aftercare/continuing care, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Discharge Planning, Screening for substance abuse, Social skills development, Case management, Drug or alcohol urine screening, Consumer-run (peer-support) services, Do not treat opioid addiction, Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing

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Fairfax Methadone Treatment Center
(FMTC)
703-333-3113
7008 Little River Turnpike
Suite G
Services offered:Substance abuse treatment, Individual counseling offered, Group counseling offered, Family counseling offered, Aftercare/continuing care, Discharge Planning, Substance abuse education, Screening for substance abuse, Social skills development, Case management, Drug or alcohol urine screening, Detoxification, Methadone maintenance, Methadone detoxification, Methadone, All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program, SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program, TB screening, Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing

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703-454-8899
5105 Backlick Road
Suite Q
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, Case management, Naltrexone (oral), Acamprosate(Campral®), Drug or alcohol urine screening, Medications for psychiatric disorders), Self-help groups, Detoxification, Opioids Detoxification, Breath analyzer or blood alcohol testing, Buprenorphine used in treatment, Buprenorphine detoxification, Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone, Disulfiram(Antabuse®)

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Fairfax Methadone Treatment Center
(703) 333-3113
7008 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
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(703) 750-1292
4306 Evergreen Lane
Annandale, VA
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Substance abuse
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Arlington, VA
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1628 North George Mason Drive
Arlington, VA
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(703) 841-0660
521 Quincy Street
Arlington, VA
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Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
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Harrison House of Virginia
(703) 256-6474
5105 Q Backlick Road
Annandale, VA
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Substance abuse , Halfway house, Buprenorphine Services
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Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
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Inova Comprehensive Addiction
(703) 776-7777
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, VA
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
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Hospital inpatient, Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
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(703) 228-4900
1725 North George Mason Drive
Arlington, VA
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Substance abuse
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(703) 218-8500
11204 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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(703) 691-3029
10374 Democracy Lane
Fairfax, VA
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Influence of Binge Eating among Kids, Adults and Athletes

The two harmful ideas of the modern society that serves the culture are “Looking good” and “being how you look.” Not every one can look either super model reed thin or flex that muscled “cut” look of the super athlete. Getting there sometimes drives people to resort to life threatening binge eating and purging behavior. Athletes at Risk - Intense Body Image Perfectionists Gone Awry. Imagine that over 70% of all gymnasts are advised to “drop some weight” or they’ll never get the highest marks. People pleasing, competitive and performance perfectionists by nature, athletes are especially vulnerable to binge eating disorders when these “positive” performance-oriented attributes become dangerously focused on body image.

Body Fat Restrictions: “Making weight”, “reducing body fat percentages” or creating a more sculpted body image are only some of the pressure points routinely applied to male and female athletes by coaches and judges every day. Think of the wiry bones-and-muscle only physiques associated with the major “endurance sports” such as cross country running, cycling.

Body Weight and Body Image Sports: Who’d have guessed that over 50% of dancers, ice figure skaters and gymnasts suffer from eating disorders? In like fashion, you don’t have to drill too deeply into weight-specific sports like horse racing jockeys, wrestlers or varsity crew rowers in order to l...

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