I plan on celebrating, but I’m going to put some thought into it and plan my celebration out. I don’t eat very much candy these days. I used to binge on candy, and when I tried to give up simple carbs, recently, I started binging on it again. However, since I’m in [...]

Dr Richard Morton first described anorexia nervosa in 1689, calling it a condition of “Nervous Consumption” caused by “sadness, and anxious cares”. (ref. article)

Gun Control and Free Psychiatric Services
Emily Keyes was my bestfriend’s neice. Please, support gun control and public psychiatric services.
Not Really News
For Better or For Worse is my favorite comic strip. Elly’s father had a stroke, yesterday, and today’s comic sums up one of my greatest fears.
Science

How ‘Manic’ Thinking Makes [...]

Eating Disorder

An undiagnosed problem
Anorexia symptom
A model example for fashionistas

Sewing

Is the essential skill of sewing hanging by a thread?
Sewing threads, sowing seeds

Historical

California Native American Day
Activities to Celebrate Native American Heritage!
Native American Day

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Eating study finds purging after meals among preteens; One in five at risk of eating disorder, Capital Health research suggests
QUESTION 2: do thin models encourage eating disorders?
Anorexia’s Red Herring opinion
Taking beauty’s measure

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Liz Jones: The scandal of our starving models

Eating Disorder
Body dysmorphia: the tyranny of thin This was a pretty good article. Has anyone had a scan from the “body aspect scanner”?

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PHYSICIAN’S CORNER: Eating disorders on the rise for men and women
Skinny Model Ban To Go International

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Role models? Backlash against fashion’s thinnest

When Being Varsity-Fit Masks an Eating Disorder and Death of distance champ should touch us all
Eating Disorder Advocates Meet In Washington

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Dying to be thin: Kalama family warns of anorexia dangers