Holistic Eating Disorders Treatment
Call 415-331-1383 for a free Confidential Assessment with Dr. Nipomnick, Clinical Director.
New Dawn offers Residential, Partial Hospitalization (PHP), and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) levels of care. All of our programs are internationally accredited by CARF, and our Clinical Directors are all Licensed Clinical Psychologists whose core mission is to ensure that the highest level of clinical excellence and patient satisfaction is being provided at every stage of treatment.
Learn more about our Whole Person Approach including the Holistic and Experiential Therapies specifically for Eating Disorders as well as the Core Therapies offered at all of our programs.
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Roseville, CA
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Sausalito, CA
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Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by weight obsession, self-starvation, and distortion of body image.
People with this psychiatric disorder have an inability to maintain a body weight that is normal for their age and height. They often have severe body image disturbance where body image is the predominant measure of self-worth with a denial of the seriousness of their illness. It's not uncommon for individuals to use caloric restriction, excessive exercise and other compensatory behaviors to control emotional needs or pain.
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Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that consists of episodes of excessive food intake alternating with periods of purging and/or restricting. Patients who have bulimia may be of normal weight, or they may be under or overweight.
Individuals with this psychiatric disorder struggle with 'binge eating' which is characterized by eating an amount of food that is larger than what most people would eat in a discreet period of time. This is often accompanied by distress and a lack of control. The individual engages in compensatory behaviors that include self-induced vomiting; use of laxatives, diuretics or enemas,fasting; excessive exercise or strict diets. As with anorexia nervosa, body shape and weight are the predominant measures of self-worth.
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Binge-Eating Disorder
Binge-eating disorder, like bulimia, is characterized by compulsively taking in large quantities of food at a single sitting
These individuals do not engage in compensatory behaviors such as vomiting, laxative abuse, excessive exercise or fasting.
It's not uncommon for over-eating to become habitual and to function as a coping mechanism for overcoming stress, depression, and other negative feelings. This emotional eating can lead to very serious medical conditions linked with obesity such as high blood pressure and cholesterol.
Diabulimia
This eating disorder subtype is characterized by people with Type 1 diabetes who purposely give themselves less than their medical dosage of insulin in order to control their weight gain.
Lack of insulin creates a starvation state in the body, excreting sugars in urine instead of being stored in the
body as fat or used for energy. Often, people with diabulimia had been diagnosed with another eating disorder prior to their diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. There
are severe health risks including diabetic neuropathy, renal failure, blindness, and death.
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Co-occurring Disorder
The term co-occurring disorder describes the diagnosis of more than one mental health or chemical dependency condition occurring at the same time.
This may include, but is not limited to, the following: eating disorders, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress, chemical dependency, or another mental health conditions such as borderline personality or chronic self injury.
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Over-Exercising
Many individuals with anorexia and bulimia engage in over-exercising in addition to self-induced vomiting, caloric restriction, and/or the use of laxatives or diuretics.
Exercise is often experienced as compulsive and takes precedence over relationships, family, school and work commitments.
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EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified)
This eating disorder diagnosis comprises individuals who may have significant eating disorder symptoms but don't meet frequency or weight criteria.
For those with anorexia, it may include patients who still have regular menses or patients who have lost a significant amount of weight but their weight is still in a 'normal' range. For those with bulimia, it included individuals who don't meet the frequency requirements for binges per week or the length of symptoms. This category also includes other maladaptive behaviors such as chewing and spitting, and it's currently used as the diagnostic category for binge eating disorder
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Does the program offer a "Treatment Guarantee" ?
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Is the program and curriculum focused specifically on your disorder?
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Is the treatment approach evidence-based and backed by successful outcomes? |
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Is the Clinical Director a Licensed Psychologist? |
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Is the facility gender specific and therapeutic? |
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Is the Medical Director involved in treatment planning and staff trainings? |
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Does the program offer a complete Continuum of Care? |
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Will you be sharing group time with others that do not have your disorder? |
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Is the program In-Network with most insurances? |
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Are the Treatment Center's fees Transparent? |
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Does the program offer comprehensive Family Therapy lead by licensed therapists? |
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Will a dedicated Counselor manage all aspects of your treatment planning? |
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Does the program offer support and counseling for smokers? |
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Is affordable housing offered for outpatient clients? |
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