SunCloud Health Media Features
A program that incorporates interventions for food addiction with treatment for restrictive eating disorders is relatively new and somewhat controversial, said food addiction specialist Dr. Kim Dennis, MD, cofounder, CEO and chief medical officer at SunCloud Health in Chicago..
Doctors say newer and popular weight loss drugs are effective in helping people shed pounds and address various health issues. But it’s the effects some patients encounter after they cease taking the powerful meds that leave them feeling powerless.
Dr. Alexander Chevalier, SunCloud Health’s Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, was featured as a guest on Fox 32 Chicago news. In his interview, he educates on the importance of identifying signs of depression in teens during the summer.
Hear from Dr. Kim Dennis, SunCloud Health CEO and founder, on rising concerns with the latest Ozempic craze.
Eating disorder treatment specialists are sounding the alarm over new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Hear from Dr. Kim Dennis on the dangers of discussing weight at too young an age or identifying an adolescent as “obese” based simply on their weight status.
Shale Marks, LCSW, CADC, discussing the substance abuse epidemic on Making a Difference (NBC 5 Chicago), and promoting SunCloud Health’s talk back discussion after Contact High the Musical.
Hear from Dr. Kim Dennis on the effects of Ozempic and related drugs, and how they can make recovery harder for those with eating disorders or put others at risk for developing one.
The new findings mirror what Dr. Kim Dennis sees in her eating disorder practice. She is the CEO and chief medical officer at SunCloud Health in Chicago and a member of the National Eating Disorders Association’s (NEDA) clinical advisory council.
Unlike hip replacements or cataract surgery, treating mental health conditions can be open-ended – and assessing outcomes subjective. But now there is a push to develop standards and enable mental health to join the value-based healthcare revolution.
Dr. Kim Dennis, one of the leading eating disorders experts in the country, said, “These drugs are rocket fuel for people with eating disorders.”
In this article from Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine, expert Dr. Kim Dennis weighs in on obesity treatment, mental health, and weight stigma.
In 2016, [Dr. Kim Dennis] and her husband co-founded SunCloud Health, an integrated and inclusive mental health center that provides evidence-based, trauma-informed care to individuals and families. A first-generation college graduate and a devoted mother of three, Dr. Kim has built not only a successful career but also a warm, loving family.
In this series, we aim to shed light on the most effective ways to offer support, understanding, and hope to those battling an eating disorder.
In this series, we aim to shed light on the most effective ways to offer support, understanding, and hope to those battling an eating disorder.
We have much work to do as a field to incorporate diverse voices, to include research that substantiates the lived experience of those folks with eating disorder plus food addiction, to include professional practices that can take both/and instead of either/or approaches to treatment.
