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Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are serious medical and psychiatric illnesses in which people suffer severe disturbances in eating behaviors, thinking and emotions. There are three main types of eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder.  Click Here to Learn More

​Eating Disorders:
  • Affect 5-10 million people, mostly women, at any given time
  • Most often affect women ages 12-35

Symptoms: 
  • Obsession with food and body weight
  • Perfectionism as a way to compensate for low self-esteem
  • Sense of feeling fat
  • Seeing oneself as overweight
  • Most often eating disorders occur together with other disorders like anxiety, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and alcohol or drug abuse
Cantwell Family Psychiatry, PC
770 Middle Street, Fairhope, AL 36532 | Post Office Box 392, Fairhope, AL 36533
Phone Number: 251-517-5800 
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  • Home
  • About
    • Patient Rights & Responsibilities
    • Confidentiality
  • Schedule Appt
    • Insurance
    • What to Bring
    • Patient Forms
  • Treatment
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Bipolar Disorder
    • Common Childhood Conditions
    • Depression
    • Eating Disorders
    • Substance Abuse
  • Contact