The Fallen Freshman
I was 4 feet and 11 inches, 54 pounds, and could not hold food down. It was not bulimia, anorexia, or sickle cell anemia. After a long process of elimination, I was opened up for exploratory surgery to find I have Crohn’s Disease, minus the symptoms.Contributor: Michael Wayne DettloffPublished: Dec 23, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - December 23, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
3 Common Ways Eating Disorders Develop
Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and overeating develop in people of all shapes and sizes, from all backgrounds and walks of life. Here are three common ways an eating disorder develops:
Low Self-Image or Self-Esteem
It may seem like common sense: Low self-confidence can lead to someone not caring for him- or herself. But the cause of a negative self-image can run much deeper than just body image. On the surface, an eating disorder seems to be all about weight, but the desire to reach a certain size may be a symptom of underlying self-loathing.
An eating disorder can develop when other efforts t...
Source: World of Psychology - December 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jason Beasley Tags: Addiction Anorexia Brain and Behavior Bulimia Disorders Eating Disorders General Psychology Anorexia Nervosa Body Dysmorphic Disorder Bulimia Nervosa Depression Maudsley Family Therapy Self Loathing Soul Vomiting Source Type: blogs
Hmm “crazy girls are exceptional in the sack” and other reasons to date girls with an eating disorder! #MentalHealth #Bulimia #Anorexia
Spotted by Lynn (Thanx) and perhaps I should say ‘Anger/Trigger’ warning.
http://www.returnofkings.com/21313/5-reasons-to-date-a-girl-with-an-eating-disorderFiled under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - November 25, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs
The 5 Most Common Pitfalls To Success
How many times have you already dreamed about big time change?
For example, have you ever wanted to eat better? Be more positive ? Increase your energy levels? Decrease your stress levels? Live more healthily overall?
I bet you have.
And how did that go - honestly?
Yes. That's what I thought.
But you know what? You are not alone. Every year hundreds of thousands of people all have the same dream. They want to change their life BIG time and they have incredible ideas and goals.
Unfortunately, many of them fail.
Damn it! Aren't we meant to succeed?
Of course we are. And we will!
We just have to keep on keeping on av...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nathalie Chantal de Ahma Tags: self improvement success motivation pitfalls Source Type: blogs
How a Poor Self-Image & Shame Negatively Impacts Your Relationships
Is shame about your body affecting your relationship? Or do you have a child who has an eating disorder and it’s affecting your family?
Shame plays a big role in the feelings related to food and it’s important to understand the cause in order to treat it. Read on to learn about the feelings and actions that are often involved in the development of eating disorders and what you can do to help your relationships and family cope.
Why? Why does she think that losing weight is more important than anything else, even her health? Why doesn’t she see herself as the bright, talented, athletic, attractive young...
Source: World of Psychology - October 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: YourTango Experts Tags: Disorders Eating Disorders General Relationships Self-Esteem YourTango Anorexia Nervosa Binge Eating Disorder Brock Hansen Depression dieting Emotion Feeling negative self-image Nutrition Obesity principal Rape Self Ima Source Type: blogs
Three Eating Disorders You Should Know About
In this article, I provide basic information regarding three eating disorders that can problematize an individual's mental and physical health. The three disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.Contributor: Jocelyn CrawleyPublished: Oct 19, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - October 19, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Helping Your Child Reduce Self-Harming Behavior
Self-harm, or inflicting physical harm onto one’s body to ease emotional distress, is not uncommon in kids and teens.
In fact, according to clinical psychologist Deborah Serani, PsyD, in her book Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, about 15 percent of kids and teens engage in self-harm.
There are many forms of self-harm, including cutting, scratching, hitting and burning. Many kids and teens who self-harm also struggle with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, physical abuse or other serious concerns or psychological disorders.
These kids “don’t know how to verbalize their feelings, and i...
Source: World of Psychology - October 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anorexia Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Books Bulimia Children and Teens Depression Disorders Eating Disorders Family General Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Stress Borderline Personality Disorder Coping Deborah Serani De Source Type: blogs
2013 World Mental Health Day: Taking Care of You
Today is World Mental Health Day. Today, I take a moment to reflect on the many challenges faced by those living with mental illness, especially those who are unable to access treatment.
Today is the perfect day to urge others to support mental health prevention, mental health education, and improved access to mental health treatment. Today is our chance to restart the conversation about mental health, to speak openly about uncertainties and misconceptions surrounding mental illnesses, and to move toward eliminating the damaging and unnecessary stigma that lingers around mental illness.
There are many obstacles people with...
Source: World of Psychology - October 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Disorders Ethics & Morality General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Treatment World Mental Health Day Civil Rights Health Care House Of Representatives Illness Insurance Companies Jennifer Louden Medicine Mental Source Type: blogs
Community: The Kinship of Thinspiration
From beneath her beautifully tiny, A-cup breasts, her smooth ribs, covered only by a thin layer of white flesh, peeked out, taunting me, reminding me of what I could never be.
Yet, at the same time, they gave me a glimmer of empty hope that one day my ribs may protrude like hers. One day, my hip bones may sharpen and stick out, my collar bone may reveal itself to the public, my thighs may one day stop touching.
At 13, I found myself sitting in my living room, my eyes glued to the screen of my family’s clunky, black desktop as I fantasized what it would be like to be this 18-year-old goddess whose long, wavy dirty-blonde...
Source: World of Psychology - October 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Amanda Ameen Tags: Addiction Anorexia Bulimia Children and Teens Disorders Eating Disorders Friends General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Psychology Recovery Relationships Self-Esteem Women's Issues community Depression (mood) Mental Source Type: blogs
Eating Disorders Coalition Hill Briefing: “Fear of Fat and Weight Stigma: The Intersection of Obesity and Eating Disorders”
Last week the Eating Disorders Coalition held a briefing on Capital Hill that addressed issues around the negative health outcomes that can result from weight-based stigma and discrimination. They also discussed how important it is to take the focus off of obesity and size, and instead shift the focus to healthy behaviors. The panel of speakers included:
Rebecca Puhl, PhD, Deputy Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University
B. Timothy Walsh, MD, Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
Chevese Turner, ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - September 26, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: diet health healthcare policy binge eating disorder weight stigma Source Type: blogs
Truth in labeling?
This label on Kraft Macaroni and Cheese from the U.K. was brought to my attention by Wheat Belly Facebook follower Jennifer.
While the warning about effects on “activity and attention in children” was meant to warn parents about the potential effects of yellow food coloring, the label nonetheless rings so painfully true.
While we know that food colorings have been associated with impaired attention and learning, as well as heightened impulsiveness, in susceptible children, we also know that wheat consumption triggers similar phenomena in adults.
It’s all about the gliadin protein in wheat, degraded in t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Researchers Link Alcoholism and Binge Eating Behavior
Addiction and the role of genetic overlap.
More evidence has arrived, courtesy of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, demonstrating a genetic link between alcoholism and binge eating disorders.
In clinical practice, it is no secret that certain binge eaters and people with bulimia also show high rates of alcoholism. Various reasons have been suggested, but one of the obvious ones is that people prone to alcoholism are also genetically susceptible to certain kinds of eating disorders. A common set of genetic factors may convey these intertwined vulnerabilities to a subset of the population.
In ...
Source: Addiction Inbox - September 15, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Friday's baby-step
There are few words that can prompt responses within me in such a myriad of conflicted and confusing ways as "binge." Just received the following ad in an email:
In the past week I've read numerous article titles using this "B" word: "Binge on Netflix, Binge on books ... on taxes, on fattening foods", etc. Obviously, I know the source of my negative responsiveness. Andrea died from the binge/purge cycles of bulimia. I cannot hear the word, no matter the context, without my mind connecting it to her...and the intense pain caused from that little noun.
In searching for synonyms that may be less triggering to my sen...
Source: Advice for Parents - September 13, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: Doris Smeltzer Source Type: blogs
Abuse and Eating Problems
This study revealed that “national
surveys suggest that more than a third of girls in the US experience some
degree of physical or sexual abuse before they reach adulthood.” It also widened the range of abuse-related eating
problems to include bingeing and food obsessions, rather than only obesity,
anorexia, and bulimia.
Wondering what constitutes abuse? Here
are the study’s criteria: Sexual abuse was characterized as “sexual touching”
or “forced sexual activity.” Physical abuse was described as “mild (being
pushed, grabbed, or shoved at any frequency or being kicked, bitten, or punched
once or ...
Source: Normal Eating - August 30, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs
Rerun: Happy 6th birthday to the Health Business Blog
The Health Business Blog is on vacation this week and re-running some classic posts. This one is from March 2011, the sixth birthday of the Health Business Blog.
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The Health Business Blog turns six years old today. Continuing a tradition I established with birthdays one, two, three, four andfive I have picked out a favorite post from each month. Thanks for continuing to read the blog!
March 2010: Clinical decision support and meaningful use: Perspective from Zynx Health CEO Dr. Scott Weingarten
Physicians and hospitals that implement electronic health records (EHR) are sometimes disappointed with the results...
Source: Health Business Blog - August 23, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Announcements Blogs Source Type: blogs
