Eating Disorder Program

Kathleen Deters-Hayes, MSW, detersk@upstate.edu
Program Coordinator
Adult Psychiatry Clinic, Department of Psychiatry
SUNY Upstate Medical University

315 464-3179

When we struggle with disordered eating it is often difficult to believe that food is not the issue that is causing us such grief. Certainly our struggle appears to be centered around what we are doing (eating compulsively, binging/purging) or not doing (starving) with food. It seems as though whether we are dieting or caught up in a binge, all we can think about is food.*

Signs and Symptoms

Anorexia Nervosa

• Person refuses to maintain normal body weight for age and height
• Loss of menstrual cycle
• Intense fear of becoming fat
• Excessive exercising
• Preoccupation with food and body size

Bulimia Nervosa

• Person binge eats
• Feeling out –of-control while eating
• Vomits, abuses laxatives, exercises or fasts to get rid of calories
• Believes self-worth requires being thin (it does not)

Binge Eating Disorder/Compulsive Overeating

• Person binge eats frequently and repeatedly
• Feels guilt and shame about binge eating
• Feels out –of-control and unable to stop eating during bingers
• May eat secretly or snack and nibble all day

For More Information, Please Contact:

Intake Coordinator
315 464-3179