MAHA for Mental Health 🧠

[Eamon (MAHA for Mental Health 🧠)]

Understanding Prevalent Disorders

Treatment availability post eating disorders

Over 30 million (outdated number) people have reported as having an eating disorder during their lifetime. Eating disorders effect all races, genders, orientations, and levels of income. It is a health issue as well as a mental health issue that has long lasting effects even after full recovery. Sadly, most medical providers know little on the subject of what happens to the body after recovery, which results in misdiagnoses, and ineffective interventions that may further complicate overall he…

@Laura_Lees

Make needed changes to reimbursement so those who need higher levels of care (e.g., inpatient, residential) can complete the full treatment episode rather than being discharged prematurely by insurance companies. This results in inability to achieve a state of wellness that supports effective functioning upon discharge and contributes to relapses, readmissions and the development of chronic psychiatric conditions. This is particularly true for those suffering from eating disorders.

Food Addiction Recovery

Food addiction is defined in many ways: • we lose control of our lives and can no longer define reality, despair becomes our daily companion • we binge, graze, or starve • we attempt to satisfy our soul needs with food • our self-esteem disappears and our health worsens • we search frantically for a way out • we ask for help to abstain from those substances we find ourselves craving, ever mindful of our addiction to sugar, flour, wheat, and other high-carbohydrate foods • feeding our bodi…