Healthcare News Current News & Events related to Eating Disorders
Below you will find healthcare news related to eating disorders. Included will be information on eating disorders awareness, specific treatment for eating disorders including seminars and newly released research.
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Join Eating Disorders 411 on Facebook! Promote Your Page TooHOPE Inc is a non-profit organization focusing on eating disorder prevention and awareness. They have launched the Get R.E.A.L. Video Outreach Program, which encourages people to set Realistic Expectations and Attitudes for Life (R.E.A.L.). They have put together a 30-minute DVD featuring interviews with physicians, eating disorder stories from survivors, eating disorders statistics, and positive body image messages. View more ....
Help this girl raise money for her eating disorder treatment!
Sophia Benbahmed needs treatment for her eating disorder. Her insurance company, United Behavioral Health, is refusing to pay. Sophia has set up an Eating Disorder Treatment Fund to ....
The Joy Project is conducting an Eating Disorder Research Study for people over the age of 13 suffering from an eating disorder. The survey is completely anonymous. Please take the eating disorder survey now.
Fat Talk Free Week
Fat Talk Free Week is hitting college campuses in an effort to promote a healthy body image. Read more about the campaign ....
The Resiliency Center located in Ambler, Pennsylvania, is hosting a Continuing Education course for treatment professionals and other interested parties to educate therapists on eating disorder clients' inability to recognize body cues. The term used for this is somatic dissociation. The belief is that some people are not able to identify their internal body cues, and this plays a role in the development and perpetuation of eating disorders.
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Jodi Schwartz-Levy is presenting. Elizabeth Venart is hosting. Professional CEUs are being offered.
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