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"I am a counselor and I recently referred a client to the Eating Disorder Center of Denver. I appreciated the staff’s professionalism as well as their willingness to keep me updated. It appears the staff at EDC-D focuses on collaboration, which is vital for a client’s successful recovery. In the future, I will definitely be referring my client’s to this facility."
- Megan West, Counseling with Care, LLC
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
DENVER, COLO. (August 30, 2010) – For the past two summers, Eating Disorder Center of Denver (EDCD) has noticed an increase in eating disorder patients who also have binge drinking problems. Of all the college-aged females enrolled in the treatment program at EDCD, 75 percent meet the criteria for alcohol abuse.
Although co-existing substance abuse is seen in many eating disorder patients, “drunkorexia” most frequently involves college-aged females diagnosed with bulimia and binge drink. Often, these patients starve all day to offset the caloric intake associated with consuming large amounts of alcohol or they binge, on food and/or alcohol, then purge.
“The prevalence of eating disorders and binge drinking on college campuses has continued to become more common,” said Dr. Tamara Pryor, EDCD’s clinical director. “With this increase, we have realized the need to offer a dual focus on substance abuse and eating disorders in the treatment of patients.”
“Drunkorexia” is not an official medical term, but it has recently become a phenomenon in both the eating disorder and addiction fields. EDCD has tailored its treatment program to account for the co-occurrence of eating disorders and binge drinking.
For more information about “drunkorexia” and EDCD’s treatment program, call EDCD at (303) 771-0861.
About Eating Disorder Center of Denver
Eating Disorder Center of Denver (EDC-D), an eating disorders treatment facility established in 2001, is committed to empowering individuals 18 years of age and older suffering with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and related disorders to help them achieve and sustain recovery. A multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, physicians, clinicians, family therapists and registered dietitians work together to create a specialized, evidenced-based treatment plan for each patient. For additional information about EDC-D, visit www.edcdenver.com, call 303-771-0861, follow us on Twitter @EDCDenver, or find us on Facebook.
