Posts in 2019

Dec 20 Study: Social Media Use Linked with Teen Eating Disorders

The Researchers Compared Number of Social Media Accounts to Characteristic Behaviors A new study from psychologists at Flinders ...

Dec 19 Risk Factors for Eating Disorders

According to the National Eating Disorders Collaboration, eating disorders can develop among people with a combination of ...

Nov 11 Senate SERVE ACT Introduced Increasing Identification of Mental Illness and Eating Disorders Treatment Access for Military Members and Families

On October 23, 2019, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Martha McSally (R-AZ), both members of the Senate Armed Services ...

Sep 09 National Suicide Prevention Week 2019 – You Deserve A Safety Net

National Suicide Prevention Week (“NSPW”) is September 8 th -14 th this year . Each year, the nation’s largest suicide prevention ...

Jul 29 Why American Teens May Develop Muscularity-Related Eating Disorders

Mental illness is often difficult to treat, especially eating disorders . This potentially deadly illness is particularly harmful ...

Jul 26 Eating Disorder Treatment: A Multi-Disciplinary, Multiple-Phase Approach

Eating disorders are notoriously difficult to overcome, and must be handled by professionals in multiple fields of medicine. For ...