Blog Catalog Blog Directory (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Here you will find information about various ways of curing depression, medical news, cases and studies on teen and adult depression. We will also feature such topics as sleeping and eating disorders, cutting, family abuse, anxiety, emotional brea
models blog.... as never seen on TV (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
We hear it all the time: Thin is in. What 18-year-old model Alexandra “Ali” Michael kept hearing from within the fashion industry was much more damaging: Thinnest is best. Last February, at castings during Paris Fashion Week, the lithe teen got the rudest awakening for a young model. She was called the “F” word: fat. Some [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating disorder symptoms are only temporary for many adolescents, according to the results of a self-reported survey conducted in Finland. However, among teens with persistent or recurring symptoms, anxiety appears to be an underlying factor.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating disorder symptoms are only temporary for many adolescents, according to the results of a self-reported survey conducted in Finland. However, among teens with persistent or recurring symptoms, anxiety appears to be an underlying factor.
Dr. Robyn's Powerful Parenting Blog (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
All teens deal with struggles in their lives. It takes a powerful teen to admit she has a problem, work through her challenges, and use what she’s learned to help others. This article is the result of an interview with Alex Shabo, a teen who is recovering from an eating disorder and helping others [...]
Supernanny Rules (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Just before Christmas, my son weighed right around 140 pounds. In January he had the flu and lost some weight and since that time, his weight has been on a constant decline - he’s now at 123 pounds and is about 5′5″ tall. He looks terribly thin to me. Maybe it's just me being an over [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
The mother of an anorexic teen whose treatment at a Guelph health centre will cost the family more than $36,000 wonders why the Ontario government isn't doing more to help people with eating disorders.
Starling Fitness (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
The stereotype for someone with an eating disorder is a young teen female, but it appears that women aged 30-50 are also at risk. Clinicians Observe Rise in Eating Disorders Among Middle-aged Women The groups are not as different as you might suspect: Dr. Pryor tracked patients at the Eating Disorder Center of Denver (EDC-D) over [...]
Gawker (Free subscription) | 03/27/2008
To publicize the re-release of teen fiction series Sweet Valley High, Random House Children's Books sent a letter to journalists highlighting the changes made to the content of the 1980s paperbacks....
World of Psychology (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Eating disorders are usually thought of a teen issue, but increasingly men, adult women and girls as young as seven also suffer. They don't fit into the usual treatment programs designed for adolescent girls. In my community, there’s a recovery program for girls aged 12 – 19, and another mental health service runs a body [...]
The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 09/28/2007
A former backup dancer for Britney Spears now claims the one-time teen sensation has suffered a crippling eating disorder since her early teens. Last week’s edition of OK! Weekly raised claims that the mother of two is anorexic. Advertisement: Promote your website
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/06/2007
Former U.S. teen idol Maureen McCormick reveals in her forthcoming autobiography that she has suffered from depression, drug addiction and eating disorders.
