Orthorexia nervosa
It is not recognised as a clinical diagnosis, but there is an increase with people showing this type of disordered eating behaviour. Orthorexia is an obsession with nutrition which starts to take over an individual’s life.
At The Bridge we believe that a holistic approach involves helping an individual tackle the root of their orthorexia, whilst working on the disordered eating behaviours. We put our patients at the centre of everything we do.
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People with orthorexia nervosa are often fixated on eating foods that are organic, extremely healthy and of very high quality ingredients, causing them to eat very rigidly and unable to enjoy life to the fullest due to being so consumed with what they are eating. If they do slip up, individuals often become obsessed with making up for it, whether it be eating even more healthily, fasting or excessive exercise. Social media has had a big impact on the increase of orthorexia nervosa cases and has given people a platform to share how ‘good’ they are being with their eating.
Although people with orthorexia nervosa may not be obsessed with being thin, they are consumed with being healthy to the point where it no longer is, psychologically and physically. It is important orthorexia is addressed once somebody is showing signs by getting treatment as it can cause nutritional deficiencies and may even develop into anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa where quality of life is much lower and risk of death is higher.
Our team are expertly trained in managing all types of mental health illnesses and features of eating disorder behaviour. We offer a mental health nurse led treatment package which offers regular assessments, reviews and support in an outpatient setting, enabling individuals to get the help they need to live a normal and healthy life.
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We believe in continuously providing holistic, patient-centred treatments which promote physical and mental wellbeing to increase resilience. The needs and wellbeing of patients is at the centre of everything we do. We are passionate about helping people and their families achieve their goals by providing them with patient-centred therapy that is passionate, caring and knowledgeable. We are passionate about sharing our knowledge to help educate patients, families and the wider public about eating disorders.
We believe in providing patients with evidence-based treatments to enable recovery of their eating disorder. We are committed to providing results-focused practice to ensure we deliver patients with the goals they want to achieve. Importantly, we believe results are best achieved with an educative approach and we work with our patients to achieve their goals together. We also believe that follow up after treatment is essential to ensure patients’ needs are being met and that their results are maximised.
We believe in helping patients develop a healthy relationship to food, and their body. Our service enables patients to set their own feeding goals in order to achieve a healthy weight and independently manage meals. We are passionate about helping patients’ understanding of disordered eating, and promoting mental wellness in order to tackle the behaviour.
We believe our services should be approachable and accessible. We give people the best chances of recovery by providing them with early access to assessments and interventions that are provided by approachable staff in an outpatient setting.
We believe to maximise people’s recovery we should provide them with immediate access and to our specialist multidisciplinary team of professionals that will work with them holistically to achieve the best possible results for patients and families.
We believe that anyone should be able to access immediate treatment for an eating disorder, regardless of their financial situation. Our treatment is priced as a total care package that is agreed with each client, tailored to the individual with a flexible pricing policy. We believe in offering finance to people who may benefit from this.
We achieve the best possible results for eating disorder sufferers with a range of problems and conditions by providing patients with early access to assessment and intervention.
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