Eating disorder support in Indiana

What eating disorders look like

Eating disorders affect both physical and mental health, and they can look very different from person to person. They are not defined by body size, and they are not a matter of willpower.

Concerns may involve restriction, binge eating, purging, compulsive exercise, or an unrelenting preoccupation with food, weight or shape that takes up more and more of someone's day.

Signs worth paying attention to

• Rigid rules about food, or growing lists of 'off-limits' foods
• Eating patterns that feel out of control, often in private
• Compensating after eating — purging, fasting, excessive exercise
• Distress about weight or shape that dominates daily life
• Withdrawing from meals with other people
• Physical changes — dizziness, GI problems, changes in menstruation

How care works

Care is coordinated and may involve working alongside your primary care provider or other specialists — eating disorders often need medical monitoring in addition to psychiatric and therapeutic care.

Some presentations require a higher level of care than outpatient telehealth can safely provide. If that's the case, we'll tell you plainly and help identify appropriate alternative care.