Media influence on eating disorders in young adults aged 16-24

¶ … Media on Eating Disorders with a Concentration of 16- to 24-year-Olds

Agency Name: Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders

Location: The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders is located high in the Rock Mountains just 15 miles from Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is located on an old camp ground that is housed inside an old student union building. The facility was once part of Colorado University and now used as treatment center for teens and young adults. Led by nine of the top full-time, board-certified psychiatrists plus other professionals that will specialize in treating eating disorders, The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders will consist of a highly skilled treatment team that will works to address each patient nutritionally and psychosomatically, as well as to manage other medical issues common to eating disorders. The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders provides the best contact to some of the top eating disorders experts in the country.

The Eating Disorder Treatment Team at The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders will include the following staff:

Board Certified Psychiatrist

Medical Physician

Licensed Nurses

Clinical Psychologist

Licensed Mental Health Professional Counselor

Registered Dietitian

Nurse Case Manager

Activities Therapist

Certified Teacher

Mission Statement:

The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders is devoted to providing activities and programs that are aimed at education and outreach related to health promotion, which includes every kind of eating disorders, self-esteem positive and body image. The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders is dedicated to the support, responsiveness, and backing for eating disorders prevention for ages 16-24 years old.

Introduction of the Group

Today, America is basically founded on the idea that media and the people have some kind of an involvement. The marketing of fast food restaurants is something that is continuously going on inside the average American's head. In America, there are a lot of people that are busy that make the selection to eat fast food, because of lack of time and energy in place of a better alternative. The issue is funding to the death of well-being in America. This is why treatment groups need to be set up to help youngster's age's 16-24 deal with the trauma of eating disorder after being swayed by the media. This treatment group for eating disorders will reflect the cultural diversity of the communities in which they operate. More importantly, the integrated treatment specialist in this group will be very aware of and sensitive to cultural differences and consumer inclinations. This Integrated treatment program for eating disorder will include bilingual integrated treatment professionals as needed in order to reflect the cultural diversity of the communities in which they provide services. With that said the treatment group will involve a professionally operated support group that is geared toward helping ages 16-24 years old.

Purpose of Groups and Objectives

This type of groups is facilitated by professionals who will control and oversee discussion and/or deliver other managerial services. This types of group will be operated through institutional settings, which will be at eating disorder treatment center. The professional that will facilitate the group discussions will include a psychologists. These types of support groups will on function for a certain time period, and there will also be a fee for attendance that will also be included.

To initially stable the emotional and nutritional position of the patients.

To bring about an instant termination of the destructive behaviors that are cooperating the physical and/or emotional health of the patient (Jane & Lozzi, 2009).

To regularize eating patterns and help the patient in accomplishing weight goals that is healthy.

To help the patient in recognizing and modifying the illogical thoughts in the direction of food and body image.

To provide a safe, supportive, atmosphere in which the patient can determine and work through the psychological problems underlying the eating disorder behaviors (Jane & Lozzi, 2009).

Role of the Worker in Group

The facilitator in the group is Dr. Amanda Pays who is a licensed Psychologist. Her job is to make sure that there is a productive group procedure whether this is thinking a new idea or deliberating the latest worker assessments. Dr. Amanda Pay's role of the facilitator is to make sure that the group works as a cohesive and constructive unit. Dr. Pay's job will be to encourage constructive debate among group members. Her job will also be to bring out information from introverted members of the group and to allow new ideas to be submitted. Her role will also be when the group is cooperating poorly or in the wrong direction she must be willing to endorse new discussion.

.Literature review on the group work methods

According to Derenne & Beresin, (2006) there are various types of group therapy which are used with eating disorder patients. Each type of group has a diverse direction with a focus that is also different, along with formant and activities. Research shows that the theoretical alignment of the therapist is the one that drives the orientation of the group. According to Martinez and Alonso (2003) the types that are talked about in the eating disorders literature include psychoeducation, and psychodynamic/interpersonal and cognitive/behavioral, behavioral. Furthermore, there are self-help groups and addiction-oriented, which are not traditional therapy groups at all. This section describes each type of group with its focus and format.

Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy Groups

Research shows that Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy groups use strategic therapy with the goal of modifying underlying schemata in order to break the self-perpetuating cycle of dieting, bingeing, and purging (ref. 1). A patient learns to monitor her thinking and beliefs about food, body shape, and weight. The therapist teaches how to collect data and examine it between the therapy meetings.

Psychodynamic/Interpersonal Therapy Groups

The emphasis in the Psychodynamic/Interpersonal Therapy groups is considered to be less on the symptoms of physical health, eating, and weight, and focuses more on the interpersonal connections. Treatment for the physical matters through cognitive, behavioral, or educational therapy could possibly be utilized in combination with, or previous, this group work.

Behavioral Therapy Groups

With Behavioral Therapy groups, the emphasis is put more on the identification of behavior designs and evolving strategies for behavior alteration. Troubled eating symptoms are examined and patients are communicated with methods for instance relaxation, self-monitoring, and nutritional management.

Psychoeducational Groups

Psychoeducational meetings are extremely organized. Each meeting is prearranged around a subject or amount of themes. The leader presents advice and information. There more than likely will may be a question and answer session or what is called a discussion period, but contributors are not heartened to self-disclose.

Agency Sponsorship

Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders is sponsored by the National Eating Disorder Association who believes in an interactive community for young people that endorses healthy approaches toward weight, food and health.

Target Group

The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders reaches out to teenagers and young adolescents from ages 16-24. At least two types of audiences may be the target of eating disorders prevention:

Universal prevention is intended at the general public, teenagers and young adults without any symptoms of eating disorders. In actual fact, the audience classically does not even show any specific risk of showing eating disorders. This kind of prevention purposes to endorse healthy development, accepting of the numerous compound issues that cause eating disorders and to stop eating disorders before they even start.

Targeted prevention targets teenagers and young adults who are starting to show signs of eating disorders. So, for instance, they could have remarkably high levels of body displeasure. The teenagers and young adults do not yet have these eating disorders. The goal is to stop the development of a serious issue.

Recruitment

Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders will start there recruitment by hosting seminars and talk shows at High-schools and Universities throughout the nation. There will even be advertising on the weekly radio station broadcasting.

Composition: Criteria for including or excluding members.

Those that can participate in the treatment program are young adolescents and adults from the ages of 16-24 years of age. The following is the criteria that will include those interested in the program. They must be suffering from the following disorders:

Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa

Binge eating disorder

Other eating disorders

Co-occurring anxiety disorders

Heterogeneous on, and what characteristics Homogeneous

The Rocky Mountain Treatment Foundation for Eating Disorders will chose the following based off the following information "Homogeneous groups....are usually more contented and open with each other, while mixed sex, ethnic, or socioeconomic groups have a tendency to be more harder to achieve a high degree of group communication" (Jane & Lozzi, 2009) "Mixing those that are participants from separate market sections into a single group is not recommended for the reason that each person's segment will more than likely have different requirements"(Jane & Lozzi, 2009).

Norms and Rules

Make sure proper language is used as all time and people address each other properly.

No calling each other out of names and must remain respectful at all times.

Must not talk over other people. Please wait your turn.

No fighting in group's sessions.

Being on time and being courteous corporative.

Being a team player.

Being a leader and going the extra mile.

Speak one at a time.

Please share your story. Everyone has a story.

Composition affects the norms or their Development

The goal is that the group over time will conform to these norms. Research says that anything that is done for 21 days does turn into a habit. These norms will help bring order to the sessions and the group will come to embrace them and be conformed to them. In their development, they will learn that everyone has a story and by sharing their story will help others to open up about what they were going through with their disorder.

Orientation

Member will be screened by using 30-minute YouTube video along with a written essay explain why they believe that this program can benefit them and what is it that they plan to learn from it exactly. They will then be asked to watch a 30-minute video and write a paragraph from it stating what was going on in the video. This process will determine who is serious about getting the help they need and want.

Contract:

The meetings will las 21 days 6 days a week. The goal is that after 21 days the body is detox mentally and physically and also a new habit will be formed in the group. They will have sessions from 4- 8PM six days a week. Members must complete the 21 days to consider to be stable and also to get their certificates.

Environment:

The meeting will take place in a room in the northern part of campus. Only 10 people plus the facilitator will be a part of the group. The chairs will be arranged in a circle and there will be two 20 minute breaks where everyone can go to the bathroom and also get something to eat. No food will be offered until after the 21 days is over. However, water and natural juices will be provided.

Structure

The group will accomplish it goals by the following activities:

Learning about the different types of food, that are healthy such as good fats and bad fats

Portion sizes and eating knowing how to eat in moderation

The consequences of eating disorder behaviors

Role playing

Learn how to identify their body's physical and cognitive response to anxiety and identify circumstances in which chronic worry restricts with everyday activities

Learn about Eating in social settings

Overcoming fears around certain foods

Practicing new methods outside of session, patients will develop a set of abilities that will help them manage their anxiety.

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