Gabourey Sidibe Opens Up About Undergoing Weight-Loss Surgery
For Gabourey Sidibe, weight-loss surgery wasn’t about taking the easy way out.
The “Empire” star writes about dealing with depression, anxiety and bulimia before she underwent laproscopic bariatric surgery in May 2016 in her new memoir, This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare.
The actress struggled with her weight for more than a decade before she decided to go under the knife and writes she knew the surgery would mean making real changes to her life.
“My surgeon said they’d cut my stomach in half. This would limit my hunger and capacity to eat. My brain chemistry would change ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Artist Illustrates The Realities Of Mental Health, From A(nxiety) To Z
"I'm doing everything wrong." "Everyone's laughing at me." "I think I left the door open." Anxiety comes in different shapes and sizes. #atozofmentalhealth - - - - - #365daysofart #drawingaday #36daysoftype @36daysoftype #36days_A #36daysoftype04 #mentalhealth #art #typography #lettering #colors #anxiety #watercolor #igart #sketchbook #digitalart #illustration #selflove #care #mentalhealthawareness #endthestigma A post shared by Sonaksha Iyengar (@sonaksha) on Feb 21, 2017 at 8:22am PST
A is for anxiety, which itself comes in many shapes and colors.
B is for bipolar disorder, a ter...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 7, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Part Of Her First Book That Now Makes Glennon Doyle Melton 'Mad'
Glennon Doyle Melton is many things ― mom, Christian, recovering alcoholic, bulimia survivor ― but one of the things she’s best known for is her profession as a writer. As a best-selling author and the woman behind Momastery, Melton has bared her soul and written many candid pieces about her life, struggles and triumphs. However, there’s one particular part of her writing that she’d happily take back.
As Melton told Oprah during an interview on OWN’s “SuperSoul Sunday,” writing about her eating disorder in her first book, Carry On, Warrior, led Melton to characterize herself in a way...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does Online Therapy Actually Work?
The Question: Is online therapy just as good as meeting a therapist in person?
The Answer: It truly depends on what you need. Certain therapy methods could work where patients receive treatment remotely through newer technologies.
“There are a number of studies looking at telemedicine for different kinds of disorders and they tend to be amazingly effective,” Mary Ann Dutton, professor and vice chair for research in the department of psychology at Georgetown University Medical Center, told The Huffington Post.
Research shows that cognitive behavioral therapy, a type of talk therapy, is as good on...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Three in ten people with eating disorders let down by GPs
At least 725,000 people in the UK suffer from disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating. Half of patients said the care they received from GPs was 'poor' or 'very poor'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Charity says GPs 'failing' patients with eating disorders
But RCGP defends doctors' treatment and referral procedures Related items fromOnMedica Bulimia nervosa The diagnosis and assessment of anorexia Eating disorders cost UK around £15bn per year Prime Minister to announce £1bn investment in mental health Eating disorders in women more common during midlife than expected (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - February 26, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Woman's Raw Illustrations Show The Reality Of Battling An Eating Disorder
Warning: Some of the below images may be considered upsetting or triggering to those who have struggled with disordered eating.
After four years of battling eating disorders, Christie Begnell found healing in art. The results are honest and striking illustrations, which have been compiled together in a book, Me and My ED. Each image represents the harsh reality of living with anorexia and OSFED (Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder).
Guess who finally finished the e-book?! (This gal! ) . If you guys love my drawings, you're going to love 'Me and My ED'. Its a picture book that depicts life with o...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 23, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
13 Mental Health Resources That Are Absolutely Free
I Am... Struggling with Anxiety: Create your own profile at Anxiety Social Net (anxietysocialnet.com) to connect with people dealing with everything from social anxiety to agoraphobia. Prefer to meet in person? Find a state-by-state list of support groups at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s website (adaa.org). Struggling with Depression or Bipolar Disorder: Locate an in-person or online group at the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance site (dbsalliance.org). Struggling with Postpartum Depression: The Postpartum Progress site (postpartumprogress.com) lists support groups in nearly every state as...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Bulimia symptoms reduced with electrical brain stimulation
Symptoms of bulimia nervosa may be reduced through the delivery of electricity to certain areas of the brain, according to King's College London. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eating Disorders Source Type: news
Electroshock therapy could be the miracle cure for bulimia
Bulimia symptoms were significantly reduced by transcranial direct current stimulation, which lowered the urge to binge-eat by 31 per cent, King's College, London researchers found. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Electrical Brain Stimulation May Treat Bulimia
Though preliminary, it found symptoms of eating disorder lessened in first 24 hours after treatment (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stimulating the brain with electricity may reduce bulimia symptoms
Key symptoms of bulimia nervosa, including the urge to binge eat and restrict food intake, are reduced by delivering electricity to parts of the brain using non-invasive brain stimulation, according to new research. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 25, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study Explores Electrical Brain Stimulation to Treat Bulimia
Though preliminary, it found symptoms of eating disorder lessened in first 24 hours after treatmentSource: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Page: Eating Disorders (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - January 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study Explores Electrical Brain Stimulation to Treat Bulimia
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25, 2017 -- Electrical stimulation of the brain may temporarily ease the symptoms of the eating disorder bulimia nervosa, a small study suggests.
The study included two men and 37 women with bulimia who underwent 20-minute sessions... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 25, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Study Explores Electrical Brain Stimulation to Treat Bulimia
Though preliminary, it found symptoms of eating disorder lessened in first 24 hours after treatment (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - January 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Neurology, Nursing, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, News, Source Type: news
