Teen Eating Disorder Treatment Benefits

Teen eating disorders often go hand in hand with psychological issues like depression or anxiety. It’s also often related to drug and alcohol addiction issues. Choosing teen eating disorder treatment at a facility with the resources to treat Dual Diagnosis disorders provides your child with what he or she needs to make real progress in all areas during treatment. It also provides you and your family with coping skills to fight these issues and potential relapse when your teen comes home. The resulting health benefits of teen eating disorder treatment can help your child avoid a lifetime of problems.

At Newport Academy, we provide teen eating disorder treatment, drug rehab and Dual Diagnosis treatment for co-occurring disorders. Contact us today to find out more about how we can help your child heal from anorexia, bulimia and/or binge eating.

Teen Eating Disorder Treatment and Dual Diagnosis Treatment Benefits

When your child is struggling with an eating disorder: anorexia, bulimia or binge eating, chances are, he or she also has other issues. Depression is common but in some cases, teens hoping to keep their weight down become addicted to stimulants: prescription stimulants, crystal meth, cocaine, etc. The result is that the teenager doesn’t want to deal with the drug addiction because he or she doesn’t want their metabolism to drop and their weight to increase. The only way to make progress on either issue is to provide your teen with Dual Diagnosis treatment that addresses both problems at the same time. As your teen begins to heal from his or her eating disorder, progress will be made on issues with drug addiction at the same time.

Family Benefits of Teen Eating Disorder Treatment

At most effective teen eating disorder treatment centers, family therapy plays a big part in outpatient treatment and as big a part as possible in inpatient teen rehab. Family members are encouraged to take part in group sessions with their teen. Parents, especially, are given progress reports and updates and encouraged to be an active part of their child’s recovery and treatment.

A Saturday Family Program, weekly individual family therapy sessions and Family Intensive Program (FIP) are all options at Newport Academy. Each of these treatment plans seeks to include parents and make them a vital part of their child’s recovery. In order to repair the wounds suffered by the family during teen drug addiction, it’s important that family members be a part of treatment, take advantage of family education classes and learn how to help their child when they come home from drug rehab.

Health Benefits of Teen Eating Disorder Treatment

Eating disorders can destroy your child’s health and cause irreparable damage to his or developing brain. Body functions can shut down due to malnutrition, and the only way to fix the problem is to get them the medical care he or she needs immediately. This is part of the package at a teen eating disorder treatment center. Your child will begin to enjoy the health benefits of treatment within the first few weeks of treatment.