KC lawyers win $10.25M wrongful death lawsuit
Two Kansas City lawyers won a $10.25 million wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of a Kearney couple whose son died at a California drug and alcohol detox center.
Attorneys David Skeens of Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan PC and Shawn Foster of Davis Bethune & Jones LLC represented the couple.
Brandon Jacques, 20, who struggled with bulimia and alcohol, approached his parents about checking into a rehab center, Skeens said. Brandon found several options online and checked into A Sober Way Home in… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 5, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Leslie Collins Source Type: news
Why I Thought My Eating Disorder Was The Answer
As a woman who threw up for more than four decades to control my weight, even as I needed the comfort and "cure" that overeating provided, I have some insights on what the "over love of food" is all about. It wasn't the problem. It was the answer. The cure for food disorders is not just intervention to change the behavior. It is intervention with a soul that is lost and knows no other way to fill the hurt and the despair.
By age 12, my inner self was very confused and terribly hurt. I had no understanding as to what life was about -- and there was no one coming up with answers for me that made any sense. My body was chang...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
6 Eating Disorder Myths Debunked
How much do you actually know about eating disorders? For National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we've rounded up common misconceptions that make it more difficult for people living with these illnesses to be recognized, to be understood and to access appropriate treatment.
Here are six myths about eating disorders debunked.
MYTH: Eating disorders happen only to white women.
In reality, people of all genders and racial groups can suffer from disordered eating. According to the National Eating Disorders Association, an estimated 20 million women and 10 million men today will suffer from a clinically significant eating...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Problem With 'Manorexia' And Why We Need A Gender-Neutral Approach To Eating Disorders
While terms like "manorexia" have been tossed around to alert the public that eating disorders are not exclusive to women, such labels can be damaging.
In a HuffPost Live conversation on Tuesday, adult psychiatrist Dr. Ted Weltzin underscored the need to move away from these misleading, gender-specific ways of discussing eating disorders.
"It really does not help people to really understand what is going on," he told host Caroline Modarressay-Tehrani. "We really need to get to a gender-neutral approach to eating disorders."
Sam Thomas, who drew from his own struggle with bulimia to found the organization Men Get Eatin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Real Beauty
Top Models such as Marilyn Monroe, Jean Shrimpton and Cindy Crawford wore dress sizes 16, 8 and 6 respectively. These women are seen as the perfect beauties in the last 50 years. Today stick thin body images created with photography software are the standard that many people try to attain. The unnaturally thin view of attractiveness is blamed for causing the increase in cases of anorexia and bulimia nervosa.
Photography: Adi Barkan Models: Shoshi Pekin, Loren Izraelov
We know of public figures such as Calista Flockhart, Mary-Kate Olsen and Diana, Princess of Wales as well as dozens of male and female stars who reveale...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'As an anorexic I was trying to rub myself out'
In National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the author Anna Maxted looks back on a her desperate battle with anorexia and says we need to try harder to understand sufferers (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 25, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anna Maxted anorexia bulimia National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Source Type: news
Eating disorders: the cost on the country
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia cost the country more than £15bn a year, according to a new report.
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Source: Nursing in Practice - February 24, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Kimberley Hackett Tags: Children ' s health Men Family health Women Mental health Editor s pick Latest News Source Type: news
Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope & Healing
“Thou hast but enraged, not insulted me, sir; but for that I ask thee not to beware of Starbuck; thou wouldst but laugh; but let Ahab beware of Ahab; beware of thyself, old man.” —Herman Melville, >Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Anna sat across from me, her eyes downcast. A middle-aged woman with a family, she had come to the Emergency Department the day before. Life had become too much for her to bear and the gun propped in the back of her closet had begun to look like the best solution.
Telling me her story, she knit her hands together, and added in a quiet voice, “Sometimes, I cut myself. But just on my hands, in t...
Source: Psych Central - February 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Megan Riddle Tags: Abuse Addictions Alcoholism Anorexia Anxiety Book Reviews Bulimia Compulsive Gambling Depression Dissociation Eating Disorders General Psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy PTSD Self-Esteem Substance Abuse Suicide Letti Source Type: news
12 People With Eating Disorders Share The Skeletons In Their Closets
The content of this post may be triggering to some readers.
Each person in this photo series has a skeleton in their closet.
Photographer Fritz Liedtke captured striking photos of men and women with eating disorders, accompanied by their stories, as told in their own words. The narratives include explanations of how the subjects' eating disorders developed, moments of revelation and descriptions of the recovery process.
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Some of the men and women in Liedtke's photographs are in recovery; others are still sick. Many of those photographed don't look visibly ill, which is what inspired the series' title...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eating disorder sufferers face unacceptable wait for treatment, says report
Anorexia and bulimia sufferers are being forced to wait months for potentially life-saving treatment, says report from eating disorders charity Beat (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - February 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
For Parents Who Worry About Eating Disordered Children
As parents, we want the best for our children. What we may not be aware of is how our own behavior and the things we say in front of our kids may make them more likely to experience disordered eating or actually develop an eating disorder. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - January 21, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Carolyn C. Ross, M.D., M.P.H. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders anorexia binge eating disorder bulimia dieting prevention of childhood obesity weight loss Source Type: news
Self-harm and suicidal behavior in borderline personality disorder with and without bulimia nervosa - Reas DL, Pedersen G, Karterud S, Rø O.
OBJECTIVE: Few studies have investigated whether a diagnosis of Bulimia nervosa (BN) confers additional risk of life-threatening behaviors such as self-harm and suicidal behavior in borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHOD: Participants were 4... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 31, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Uneven or large breasts can cause teen angst
ConclusionThis study found young females with macromastia report lower quality of life and physical health, as well as more pain and poorer mental health than females with asymmetrical breasts or those with average breasts. However, in this study, females with asymmetrical breasts of more than a cup size difference did report lower self-esteem. Contrary to the media reporting, the study did not assess the impact of any treatment or surgical interventions on self-esteem, physical or mental health.The study also did not find that females developed eating disorders because of their breasts. The researchers found women with as...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Source Type: news
Talking To Your Child About Their Weight
Childhood obesity is in the spotlight these days due to the fact that about one-third of children and teens are overweight or obese. However, when we put our focus on the number on the scale, it can lead to shame, embarrassment and blaming that only exacerbates the issue. There are many things parents can do to encourage and support their children and teens to be healthyread more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - November 19, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Carolyn C. Ross, M.D., M.P.H. Tags: Diet Parenting anorexia binge eating bulimia eating disorders prevention of childhood obesity teen obesity weight weight loss Source Type: news
Living with Binge Eating Disorder
If you have binge eating disorder, please know that you’re alone. Binge eating disorder (BED) is actually the most common eating disorder. It affects about 3.5 percent of women and 2 percent of men.
You’re also not weak, wrong or crazy. BED “is not a reflection of who you are as a person,” said Karin Lawson, PsyD, a psychologist and clinical director of Embrace, the binge eating recovery program at Oliver-Pyatt Centers.
Binge eating may serve many functions, according to Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, the executive director of Pershing Turner Centers, an eating disorder recovery outpatient clinic in Ann Arbor, Mich., an...
Source: Psych Central - November 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Addictions Disorders Eating Disorders General Psychotherapy Self-Help Treatment Weight Loss Amy Pershing BED binge eating Binge Eating Disorder Compulsive Eating dieting emotional overeating health at every size Intuitive E Source Type: news
