应用程序如何用于进食障碍恢复

New technology in the form of applications (AKA “apps”) offers potential risksandbenefits for patients with eating disorders.

Dangers of Fitness Trackers for Patients With Eating Disorders

Although the impact of fitness trackers on clients with eating disorders has not yet been well studied, anecdotal evidence and some early research suggest these applications may be detrimental. People with restrictive eating disorders frequently obsess about the number of calories they are consuming and burning. Many health apps emphasize tracking the ingestion and expenditure of calories.

In addition, they encourage the user to reduce intake, increase energy expenditure and set increasingly extreme goals, all behaviors that are consistent with eating disorders. In one study of people with eating disorders, 75% of participants reported using My Fitness Pal, a calorie-counting mobile app that allows users to track and input their daily food intake. Of these users, 73% believed the app had contributed to their eating disorder.

Eating Disorder Recovery Apps

另一方面，还有几种食用障碍恢复应用程序可能对饮食失调的人有所帮助。其中一些应用程序体现或支持基于证据的治疗原则，例如Cognitive Behavioral Therapy（CBT）。一些应用程序提供的一个特别重要的功能是self-monitoring那which is also a hallmark of CBT for many mental disorders. In the treatment of eating disorders, self-monitoring involves recording food consumed along with accompanying thoughts and feelings. App-based self-monitoring offers several advantages over paper monitoring.

While fitness apps and eating disorder recovery self-monitoring apps both incorporate tracking, each differs in focus. Fitness apps primarily track numbers and data, such as caloric intake. Eating disorder recovery apps, on the other hand, are concerned more with tracking the thoughts and feelings associated with eating than with the specific amounts. This distinction is significant.

以下是有关包括自我监控的更多流行饮食障碍应用程序的信息。

Recovery Record

发现了2014年的研究和同事Recovery Record最全面的饮食失调治疗ment app on the market. It contains features including self-monitoring, personalized coping strategies, social connections, and a portal to connect with the user’s clinician. It also contains components of cognitive-behavioral based interventions.

Users can enter food, thoughts, feelings, and urges to use补偿行为。The app offers assistance with应对策略and goal setting in addition to the ability to set reminders. Additional features includemeal planning，奖励，肯定以及与他人联系的可能性。该应用程序还允许治疗师监控其患者的应用程序。虽然很多患者发现这一特征是一个额外的好处，但有些患者可能会觉得它是侵入性的。

升起& Recover

升起是另一个受欢迎和尊严的应用程序。升起具有可比的自我监控功能，可允许记录日常膳食和零食，情绪和“目标行为”，如骚扰和吹扫。该应用程序鼓励在遇险时使用应对技能。用户可以分享励志报价，图像和肯定。他们可以访问其他信息来源，如音乐，播客，文章和治疗目录。该应用程序还可以导出与用户治疗团队成员共享的餐数据。

What to Look for in an Eating Disorder Recovery App

应用程序来往往。根据您阅读此时，上述建议可能不再是艺术状态或可用的。找到具有合适功能的应用程序比任何特定标题更重要。我们提出以下了解要查找的建议：

1. 没有卡路里计数的食物摄入自我监测。Self-monitoring is a well-researched and important element of eating disorder treatment. Calorie-counting, however, is not recommended because it may increase obsessive thinking.
2. Fields to log behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.恢复涉及更加了解感受和思想以及不断变化的行为。因此，用于恢复的应用程序应该有用于记录此信息的字段。
3. Motivation and/or coping strategies.包含方法来提醒您您可能想要尝试或已经知道的方法的应用程序（但是目前可能需要提醒）可以支持。

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请记住，一个应用程序不是治疗的替代品。与您的治疗团队讨论使用与饮食相关的应用程序的使用总是一个好主意。此外，用手写的食品日志或日记跟踪饮食习惯可以帮助您更好地了解您当前的不健康模式以促进变革。