Some 30 million Americans struggle with eating disorders—yet in many ways, there remains a big deficit in treatment and care opportunities. While we certainly try to do our part here at Alsana, [...]

Eating disorder recovery is about regaining a normalized, balanced relationship with food—but not just food. It is also important to develop healthy attitudes toward the more social aspects of [...]

It is all too common for eating disorders to be accompanied by co-occurring conditions—and one of the most serious of all is obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. While OCD is well known, it is [...]

Jada and Lily (the Discharge Coordinator) were absolute standouts — incredibly helpful and so, so supportive, compassionate, and caring! – S. R., A Alsana I Alumna

For some, summer is a season for taking it easy; for others, summer is where the real work begins. Certainly, summer is a great time to put other aspects of your life on pause, and to really get [...]

It is only natural to fear failure. As human beings, we do not like making mistakes; we do not like messing things up; and we certainly do not like our plans to blow up in our faces. Yet it [...]

“Since research using brain neuro-imaging has revealed that higher serotonin levels in the brain may exist in clients prior to and during restrictive behaviors from anorexia as well as after [...]

There is a term that we often use in eating disorder recovery—normalized eating. It certainly sounds good, but what does it mean? The first thing to understand is that, for those who struggle [...]

You’re probably familiar with the concept of the Body Mass Index (BMI). You may have been taught that BMI is a good indicator of overall health and physical fitness. What may surprise you is that [...]

A common misconception is that body image is primarily a female struggle—that men do not also wrestle with perceptions about their own body and how they are supposed to look. Of course, this line [...]