Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches is a specialized rehabilitation center that’s equipped to handle dual diagnoses like eating disorders combined with chemical dependency (EDCD). If anyone is suffering from both of these afflictions simultaneously (also known as EDCD or Eating Disorders Chemical Dependency), they must also be treated simultaneously to ensure the best chance for a successful and lasting recovery from EDCD. Our EDCD treatment program will attempt to uncover the root causes for your EDCD to better understand the interaction and interdependency of the eating disorder and chemical dependency. Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches is a leading nationwide rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addiction with a proven track record of successful treatment of EDCD (Eating Disorders Chemical Dependency). With us, you will experience a nurturing and supportive environment that will help you to examine and eventually reveal (maybe for the first time) some of the root causes that may be responsible and must be addressed for you to achieve a successful recovery from your EDCD. When you learn what exactly is influencing you to binge, purge, or avoid food, as well as what’s triggering your need to take drugs or turn to alcohol, your recovery can really begin for the first time. 

EDCD: Learning to Communicate & Self-Regulate Destructive Urges

So many individuals who have struggled with the co-occurring disorders of substance abuse and an eating disorder complain that there is nowhere for them to turn to get help with both of their recovery challenges simultaneously.  Our staff are experts at doing just that--helping people to identify and work through the issues that constitute the underlying "threads that connect" both symptom patterns.  These staff members are renown eating disorder and substance abuse specialists who have the capacity to work within, and where necessary, go beyond the 12 step model to both support joint symptom management and deeper core-issue resolution, so the cycle of "see-sawing" back and forth, from substance abuse to eating disorder, can finally be stopped.  Our dual diagnosis program focuses on trauma resolution, grief work, and self-esteem repair, and we provide round the clock staffing to support people in creating and maintaining a healthier relationship to food and eating.  This work, in conjunction with a sober and responsible commitment to recovery from their substance abuse, can empower people to move forward in their lives with confidence and hope, knowing they can get off the dual diagnosis "see-saw" once and for all.

Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches can provide you with all the resources you need to get better. While diet and weight become the focus of eating disorders, they aren’t driving the decisions to binge, not eat, or to purge. There are other psychological, interpersonal, and social factors that underlie these choices. From low self-esteem to traumatic childhood experiences, an eating disorder can be an unhealthy expression of a person trying to gain some control when they feel helpless. Likewise, these circumstances can lead you to rely on drugs or alcohol to self-medicate or numb your thoughts. To stop abusing substances and to stop hurting yourself, begin by sharing your sorrow. The therapists at Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches will provide a safe atmosphere where you’ll feel comfortable communicating difficult memories, worries, and emotions. They’ll also show you how to identify the types of situations that often create anxiety and stress for you, sparking the desire to use food as an escape or control mechanism. Part of the program will include learning coping skills to replace and resist physically harmful behaviors. In addition, the addiction-treatment part of the program will concurrently help you detox, so your appetite or thirst for drugs or alcohol is medically managed in a supervised setting.

Stop hurting yourself today by calling Behavioral Health of the Palm Beaches right now at (888) 432-2467 and getting the proven successful treatment that you need to cure your EDCD (Eating Disorders & Chemical Dependency)!