Reflecting on Eating Disorder Progress in 2020
The end of the year is often a time of reflection. People may reflect on what they would like the upcoming year to bring and the past year’s events. For [...]Read More
The end of the year is often a time of reflection. People may reflect on what they would like the upcoming year to bring and the past year’s events. For [...]Read More
New Year, New You? Or Choosing Self-Acceptance and Self-Compassion
New Year’s resolutions are a common tradition in American culture. They often center on self-improvement or on achieving goals and dreams. A common resolution is to eat healthier or exercise [...]Read More
Post Election Burn Out & Eating Disorder Recovery
The 2020 election was one of the most hostile and divisive elections in American history. While the election was stressful for society as a whole, there are certain populations, primarily [...]Read More
Russell Brand’s Battle with an Eating Disorder
Russell Brand has talked openly about his mental health struggles, including his struggle with bulimia [1]. It can be helpful for celebrities to talk about their struggles with mental health [...]Read More
Online Screening for Eating Disorders
Research shows that when individuals with eating disorders seek professional help in the early stages of their illness, they are two times more likely to achieve remission [1]. Conversely, the [...]Read More
Rock Recovery: A Unique Nonprofit Bridging Gaps to help People Find Freedom from Eating Disorders
Founded in 2009, Rock Recovery was created to bring people from darkness into light, from anxiety to peace, from hopelessness to hope, from isolation to community, from misinformed to educated, [...]Read More
Diversity and Eating Disorders: Changing the Face of the Diagnosis
Contributor: Marissa Edwards, Ph.D., at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt Picture someone with an eating disorder. The image that probably popped into your head was a white, [...]Read More
Grades & Body Weight – Is There a Correlation?
Childhood and adolescence is a turbulent growth-period where, despite the many changes being experienced, kids are expected to engage consistently and successfully in schooling. Daily social, psychological, and physiological changes [...]Read More
Fallout of the Pandemic Shutdown for Eating Disorders
As more individuals are infected with COVID-19 than at the start of the pandemic, legislators are once again suggesting people lockdown. This second wave of COVID-19, and the corresponding return [...]Read More
Eating Disorder Treatment Team & Credentials
There are many fields in which individuals can proclaim themselves to be “specialists” without actually having the necessary credentials. If you think eating disorder treatment is not one of them, [...]Read More
