Eating Disorders

What are eating disorders?

There are several types of eating disorders. The best known are Anorexia and Bulimia but there is also Binge Eating Disorder. Any of them implies a type of dysfunctional relationship with food that ends up fulfilling a function of emotional regulation. In the case of anorexia, a significant reduction in weight is manifested, even with loss of menstruation in some female patients. In bulimia, the diet is both restrictive and with a higher intake, and the weight is kept above the underweight, to differentiate it from anorexia. Both in anorexia and in bulimia there can be compensatory episodes such as the usual vomiting or the use of medications to purge.

How to treat it at Neuroscenter?

Eating disorders are usually treated in an interdisciplinary way, which can vary depending on the severity of each case, but most commonly it is addressed by a mental health professional. The psychologists in our center can attend these types of problems as long as we are not facing a serious case that requires hospitalization. The combination of EMDR with Neurofeedback makes it possible to fully and quickly work on these kind of disorders.

Benefits of Neurofeedback and EMDR treatments

• Impulse control
• Improved self-esteem
• Self-knowledge
• Improved emotional regulation

Neurometabolic Study

Assessment of brain neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin within the study of compulsion for food and reward mechanisms. Study of food intolerances and regulation of the intestinal microbiota. Aminoacidogram and study of organic acids.