WESTLAKE
VILLAGE, Calif., May 21, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Due to a rising prevalence of eating disorders
among graduating high school and college students, Alsana, an
eating disorder recovery community, is bringing awareness to this
serious mental health condition during May Mental Health Month.
According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA),
10% - 20% of college women and 4% - 10% of college men develop
eating disorders. Alsana offers students and their families access
to early interventions through in-person and virtual eating
disorder treatment.
"Eating disorders are often triggered during the school year
when students are away and college pressures can be high," said
Jessica Harris, Chief Clinical
Officer with Alsana. "Since many schools end in May with students
coming back home, it's important to recognize if a student has
developed an eating disorder or has relapsed."
May Mental Health Awareness Month serves as a reminder that
early intervention is key to a lasting recovery from an eating
disorder, even after a relapse. Alsana's treatment programs provide
a supportive environment and adapted to each student's needs,
helping them to cope with and manage eating disorder triggers
before school starts in the fall.
Alsana's virtual eating disorder recovery program provides
students with access to treatment five days a week, a connection to
a community of individuals in recovery and more, year around.
Check-in programs, also known as two-week intensives, are available
in-person in Alabama, California and Missouri and virtually. For additional
information, visit
https://www.alsana.com/programs/virtual-programs/.
About Alsana®
Alsana is an eating recovery community
with virtual Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient
(IOP) programs across the United
States, in addition to Residential, PHP/IOP programs in
Alabama, California, and Missouri. Its eating disorder treatment
program are compassion-focused, evidence-based, and designed in
alignment with Alsana's Adaptive Care Model®. This whole-person
approach addresses healing in all areas of clients' lives by
integrating medical, nutritional, and therapeutic care with
movement and relational therapies. Alsana serves adult clients
of all genders and sexual identities struggling with a broad
spectrum of eating, feeding, and co-occurring mental
health conditions. Alsana's programs accommodate the unique needs
of vegan clients and clients struggling with ED-DMT1, also known as
"diabulimia." Learn more at www.alsana.com.
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