Mental Health Insurance will soon be treated the same as medical and surgical benefits. Addiction Treatment benefits will have the same rate of return as those as a surgical procedure. When the congressional economic recovery package was signed on October 3rd the Mental Health and Addiction Parity Act was a rider on that package. This [...]
Binge-eating among female college students n New York has more that doubled in recent years. Many of these young women are away from home for the first time and are confronted with situations that result in high levels of stress. Their counterparts that are first time college students and stay at home are less likely [...]
Intensive Outpatient Treatment and Inpatient Treatment Centers in Virginia offer quality programs for Drug Addiction and Alcohol Abuse. There are a greater number of Outpatient Rehabs than Inpatient Addiction Treatment Centers in the state of Virginia. Both types of treatment are aimed at the disease of addiction and often use the same type of therapeutic [...]
Binge eating and exercise has become another example of the insidious nature of an Eating Disorder. When someone “binges” on food it is usually a means to comfort or an attempt to deal with stress. After consuming large amounts of food a person will feel guilty and wish to expel that food. Forced vomiting has [...]