McCallum Place Eating Disorder Centers in St. Louis now offers a program for binge eating disorder patients 30%-40% of patients seeking weight loss can be clinically diagnosed with binge eating disorder.1 Patients who struggle with Binge eating disorder eat a much larger portion of food in a shorter period of time than normal and endorse feeling … Read More
McCallum Place Eating Disorder Centers will be observing the National Eating Disorder Association’s Awareness week February 23-March 1st, 2014. NEDA’s week-long event encourages and promotes eating disorder education, events and outreach in local communities to help spread awareness about this mental health disease and the 24 million individuals diagnosed with eating disorders.1 McCallum Place Eating … Read More
Up to 43% of men are dissatisfied with their bodies.1 Approximately 1-2 million men and boys suffer from eating disorders and are frequently overlooked in their struggles because eating disorders are traditionally viewed as a woman’s disease.2 Therefore, men and boys face incredible odds of getting treatment and experiencing recovery. McCallum Place in St. Louis … Read More
It is with great enthusiasm that I am pleased to announce that our residential program now accepts males who have been struggling with eating disorders. After treating men and boys in our partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs for some time now, I am excited to announce that we are now accepting male patients in … Read More
Ron Thompson, PhD, Co-Director of The Victory Program at McCallum Place As the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia approach, people in nations around the world are excited about watching the performances of some of the world’s greatest athletes. Most of us assume that these world class athletes are “healthy,” based on the fact … Read More
Jen Gapin, Ph.D., CC-AASP, Sport & Exercise Psychology Consultant/ Performance Enhancement Specialist, The Victory Program The world of sport is a microcosm of the world at large. Accordingly, what occurs in the larger world will likely occur in the sport world as well. Unfortunately, this includes eating disorders. Despite the fact that athletes are often … Read More
Read about how our patients continue to show improvement after discharging from our facility.
