“The Starving Brain” This may be the most important article on Anorexia ever written. excerpt:”We are now convinced that eating disorders are biologically based diseases, and so we don’t blame parents anymore, says Lynn Grefe, chief executive officer of NEDA. Nor is the blame directly placed on the individual’s f [...]
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“The Starving Brain” This...
“The Starving Brain” This may be the most important article on Anorexia ever written. excerpt:”We are now convinced that eating disorders are biologically based diseases, and so we don’t blame parents anymore, says Lynn Grefe, chief executive officer of NEDA. Nor is the blame directly placed on the individual’s f [...]
“Red Flags: How to Spot Ineffec...
Dr. Sarah Ravin
Red Flags: How to Spot Ineffective Eating Disorder Treatment By Dr. Sarah Ravin
http://www.blog.drsarahravin.com/eating-disorders/red-flags-how-to-spot-ineffective-eating-disorder-treatment/
“I have blogged before about how to choose a good therapist. In this post, I will approach the therapist selection / retention [...]
“ANOREXIA AND I” by Nicol...
Nicole Schlesinger
“ANOREXIA AND I” by Nicole Schlesinger, from Debra Schlesinger to Karen Barber
“ANOREXIA AND I by Nicole Schlesinger”
“Hi,
My name is Nicole and I am sending you a story about me that I wrote for UC Berkeley’s medical journal “Issues”. It was published my last semester ther [...]
To Mr. Evil Ed Anorexia
To Mr. Evil Ed Anorexia,
Ed, from now on I will call you who you are and the name you have earned. You are Evil.
Should have known that once things were going just a little well, you would try to sneak back in. She has a job. She has been eating, been clean and sober, kind, loving, intelligent, getting back to the daughter that I brought [...]
Anorexia, Starvation of the Brain, wh...
Anorexia, Starvation of the Brain, what if we…..
1. Believe that the illness is not the person’s or family’s fault.
2. Consider that the illness starts with a genetic factor.
3. Consider that gene is related to the regulation of eating in the brain.
4. The gene is like other genes. It lays dormant or it takes another e [...]
Mom’s message from Heaven about...
Karen, I am so terribly sorry that I am not here to help you and my granddaughter during her illness of anorexia and other resulting issues. I would like to be there to comfort you and love you, show my love to her and the rest of the family, like so many other living grandmothers that have the opportunity to do so. Heaven sent you Ken, who [...]
Are Doctors and Pyschiatrists still s...
Doctors and psychiatrists still slamming the door in the faces of families
Are things changing? Have you seen a difference in the way that Doctors, Therapists, Insurance Companies and others treat you as a family?
After years of doctors, treatment centers, and therapists to help my daughter first with Anorexia, then with alcohol and prescri [...]
Is our child “Bad” or ...
Is our child “Bad” or “Sick”? Why does the “Common” “Relapse” cause such a surprise now and why so much anger in families, turning spouse against spouse, sibling against sibling, friends against sufferers?
Anorexia, Eating Disorder, Alcohol, Drug Behaviors. Is our child “BAD” or R [...]
Eating Disorder Speakers
Mother and Healthy Child
Eating Disorder Speakers
With all of our differences, let’s break bread together, smile and become partners to save and enhance the precious lives of sufferers and support caring families.
Would you as a Medical Doctor, Therapist, Treatment Center, College, University, Support Group or Insurance Company like to [...]
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