Co-Occurring Mental Health & Weight Issues
About Co-Occurring Mental Health & Weight Issues
What Are Co-Occurring Mental Health & Weight Issues?
Mental health and weight struggles often reinforce each other conditions like anxiety, depression, or ADHD can drive emotional eating or weight gain, while chronic weight issues fuel stress, low self esteem, and depression. This cycle can be tough, but understanding the connection is the first step to breaking it.
How Mental Health Affects Weight
- Mental health and weight struggles often reinforce each other, affecting mood, habits, and well being.
- Some medications can cause weight gain through appetite changes, metabolism shifts, or fatigue.
- Chronic stress raises cortisol, boosting appetite, cravings, and abdominal fat storage.
- Poor sleep disrupts hunger hormones, lowers energy, and fuels cravings and snacking.
How Weight Struggles Affect Mental Health
Body Image & Self Esteem
Chronic weight struggles can intensify self criticism, social anxiety, and depression.
Weight Bias & Stigma
Weight discrimination can cause stress, lower self worth, and discourage seeking care.
Emotional Cycles & Weight Cycling
Yo-yo dieting can lead to hopelessness, emotional eating, and all or nothing thinking.
Diagnosing Co-Occurring Mental Health & Weight Issues
Comprehensive Evaluation
A thorough assessment covers mental health history, weight changes, emotional eating, body image concerns, and medication side effects to create a personalized, holistic care plan.
Screening Tools
Validated questionnaires help assess emotional eating, depressive symptoms, body image distress, and anxiety levels giving providers a full picture of your mental and physical health.
Ruling Out Medical Causes
Because physical health conditions like thyroid dysfunction, PCOS, and insulin resistance can also contribute to weight changes, lab work may be recommended.
Other Services
You Need to Understand That Mental Anxiety Can be Discussed
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