"Beyond
learning the risks, signals and symptoms of depression and addressing them
head-on, parents must also learn how to help their daughters navigate and
think critically about the images, the messages, and the unspoken rules of
today's adolescence .
The book provides parents, teachers, and girls with ways to build healthy
self-esteem, start meaningful conversations and to de-stress.

NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information, to schedule an interview with Dr.

Emotional Eating Haunts Millions of Americans

Emotional eating affects far more Americans -- men, women
and children from diverse cultural backgrounds -- than the more extensively
researched eating disorders, anorexia and bulimia.
To be eligible for the study , subjects must be age 18 or older,
and in relatively good health.

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"Because hope is still alive, this age is a prime time for
intervention," says Machoian.
The most researched emotional eating problem is binge eating. It works in various
ways:

-- Eating produces physiological satiety , which reduces the physiological
agitation associated with anger, distress and anxiety.

Information on causes and where to locate help for teenagers
and others contemplating or affected by suicide .

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Emotional eating refers to a range of behaviors in which people eat for
reasons other than physiological hunger or participation in cultural events.----Having trouble
making decisions? Struggling with feelings of hopelessness? Suffering
from low self-esteem?
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine need
volunteers who are suffering from these and other symptoms to test the
safety and efficacy of a drug for the treatment of dysthymia, a
low-grade and long-lasting type of depression .
To sign up or to obtain additional information, please contact the
research study line at (650 ) 725-5180.

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A prominent finding in her research is the fact that, even in the midst of
depression , adolescents have hope inside them-hope of getting help and being
their real self.
-- Consuming foods that are enjoyable or associated with positive
experiences brings pleasure, temporarily supplanting depression. Eli Lilly + Co, the maker of duloxetine,
is funding the study.
This is an open-label study with no placebo, meaning that everyone
in the study will receive the drug.

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, Can you distinguish behavior
that suggests a girl is in trouble from typical teen angst or attitude? Is
your teenage daughter at risk for depression? One in four are, and you might
not know it.
-- Certain foods raise endorphin levels, mimicking drug use and elevating
mood.

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"A primary risk factor for emotional eating is living in a culture that
values thinness," adds Cumella.
People most likely to eat emotionally have also been abused, come from
overweight families, and experience low self-esteem. Each resident is treated by a team of six
professionals including a psychiatric and primary care provider, registered
dietitian, Masters-trained therapist , psychologist and registered nurse.com .

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In her new book, The Disappearing Girl: Learning the Language of Teenage
Depression (Dutton Books/$24. Remuda Treatment Centers offer professional, Biblically based
programs exclusively dedicated to the professional treatment of females
suffering from eating disorders.
Dysthymia is defined as chronic sad or depressed mood, accompanied
by additional symptoms such as sleep disturbances, low self-esteem,
difficulty concentrating or making decisions, low energy , feelings of
hopelessness and/or weight or appetite change.

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Female Teen Depression Can Be Prevented and Helped if Parents Know Red Flags; Guidance on What to Look for and What to Do is Key.

Participants are required to make 10 visits to the clinic over a
period of 13 weeks, and participants will be interviewed at those
times.

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Girls' depression is not just moods but also about thinking.
"Emotional eating problems have become so common that we forget they are
seriously distressing to people," said Edward Cumella, PhD, director of
research and education at Remuda Ranch, Programs for Eating Disorders.

"It's important to remember that emotional eating disorders are very
treatable," said Cumella.

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"Since dysthymia usually starts before age 21, most people who
have it think it's just 'part of my personality -- I have always been
that way,'" said Lorrin Koran, MD, professor of psychiatry and
behavioral sciences. For more information, please
visit the Web site of the medical center's Office of Communication +
Public Affairs at http://mednews.

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According to Machoian, by talking about what girls will encounter in the
world and the meaning it has to them, by raising their awareness of gender
roles, parents can help girls survive their preadolescent and teenage years.Remuda Ranch, Nation's Leading Eating Disorder Treatment Center, Reports 25 to
30 Percent of Americans Aren't Properly Diagnosed or Seeking Help for
Emotional Eating Disorders

PHOENIX, Obesity is an epidemic in the U. For more information, call 1-800-445-1900 or visit
http://www. It affects 3 to 6
percent of the adult population in the United States and differs from
"regular depression" -- what is commonly referred to as major
depression -- in having fewer symptoms present at one time (three to
five vs.

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"Public and professional awareness is crucial, so
that professionals identify and sufferers seek assistance for emotional eating
problems. five to 12). The drug acts to increase the
availability of two chemical messengers in the brain, serotonin and
norepinephrine, both of which are involved in the abnormal physiology
that gives rise to depression and dysthymia.

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95.
The book includes the Emotional First Aid Kit -strategies for self-expression
and coping. Some Americans are overweight because of emotional
eating problems. "Many
people are ashamed of their emotional eating, so they keep the behavior
secret .

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Remuda Ranch's Emotional Eating Program is a specialized 30 to 60-day
residential program for women and girls struggling with emotional eating.

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Lisa Machoian or to request a copy of The Disappearing Girl: Learning the
Language of Teenage Depression contact Rose Carrano 646-638-2181 (NYC) or
rosecarrano@earthlink .
-- Eating to the point of physical discomfort distracts individuals from
their emotional pain.

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Twenty-five to 30 percent of Americans with emotional eating issues
are not being routinely identified by counselors or seeking help for their
eating problems."
The situation for Americans is exacerbated by the abundant availability of
rich foods and large restaurant portions , coupled with a sedentary lifestyle
promoted by cities built around driving cars rather than walking .

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
Harvard researcher and adolescent psychotherapist, Dr.
Emotional eating is an effort at emotion regulation.

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Lisa Machoian,
knows what girls are dealing with and the cultural influences that transform
them.

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The Disappearing Girl: Learning the Language of Teenage Depression is
available at bookstores nationwide.,
affecting all age groups.

About Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating Disorders
Remuda Ranch is a caring place for women and girls who are suffering from
ever-increasing levels of anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorder related
issues.remudaranch.

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STANFORD, Calif .
It is just an illness that starts early in life and persists. Each visit should last about an hour , except for the initial
screening visit, which will last approximately three hours and will
include a physical examination and laboratory tests that involve
providing a blood sample.

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Perhaps as much as
two-thirds of people who eat for emotional reasons are depressed, one-third
are anxious and one-third abuse substances.
Volunteers will be prescreened and, if eligible, will receive the
drug duloxetine for 12 weeks. "In fact, it is not part of personality at all.edu

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There are wide ranging issues parents must face that include: sexual
escapades (such as friends with benefits ), low self-esteem, bullying, drugs,
break-ups, eating disorders and depression.

Volunteers Needed for Stanford Study of Drug for Mild Depression

"
Koran, lead investigator on the study, said he believes treatment
is important to relieve unnecessary suffering, to improve functioning
in work and family roles, to allow normal enjoyment of life's rewards
and to prevent the onset of major depression , with its great risk of
total disability and suicidal behaviors. They cannot be pregnant or
breastfeeding , have problems with drugs or alcohol or have other major
psychiatric diagnoses such as bipolar disorder .stanford.

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Dysthymia sufferers are less likely to go to
college, complete college and get a job consistent with their
educational level, and the condition is associated with increased loss
of work time as well as decreased life satisfaction.

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), the first book on the subject, Machoian
presents personal stories from dozens of girls who are living these challenges
daily. Other forms of emotional eating
also exist, including: eating when not hungry, eating foods perceived as
"forbidden", grazing , eating to soothe or forget feelings, and other emotional
uses of food. "This makes all Americans at risk because our
culture values thinness, therefore creating categories of 'forbidden' foods
and leading to a chronic experience of food deprivation. These
experiences place Americans in a contradiction: we're told to fight our
biological drive to eat and minimize food intake in order to be thin, but we
are simultaneously saturated with a plethora of available foods and choices.
-- Large amounts of food eventually reduce blood sugar levels which also
reduces the physiological agitation associated with anger, distress
and anxiety.

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The
professional staff equips each resident with the right tools to live a
healthy, productive life. While the Food and Drug Administration has
approved this drug for the treatment of depression, it has not been
approved for treatment of dysthymia.

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She maps out a plan for parents that will assist them in learning how
to prevent, identify , and, most importantly, help girls with these issues. When this
occurs with regularity and without efforts to purge the calories consumed, the
individual might have Binge Eating Disorder.
Stanford University Medical Center integrates research, medical
education and patient care at its three institutions -- Stanford
University School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital + Clinics and Lucile
Packard Children 's Hospital at Stanford.