One year ago today, on December 7, 2016, I had the humbling privilege of sitting in the balcony of the Senate’s Chamber with a small group of mental health advocates who nervously watched as votes tallied up on a bill that had been long in the making, the Anna Westin Act. On December 7, 2016, […]
The Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action (“EDC”) announced last week that 65 bipartisan Members of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives sent letters to the Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) urging that questions about eating disorders be re-included within the CDC national surveillance systems such as the CDC’s Youth Risk […]
On October 5, 2017, Kantor & Kantor, LLP joined over 100 advocates on Capitol Hill for The Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action’s (EDC) Advocacy Day. Advocacy Day kicked off with welcome-speeches given by long-time EDC champion, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Kitty Westin, one of the founding members of the EDC who […]
For the past 72-hours, social media newsfeeds have been buzzing with posts about what a South Carolina Principal said to students this week during assemblies that, in part, discussed the school’s dress code. Here are her comments as shared by ABC News’s Drew Tripp:“(Leggings are) meant to wear underneath a long shirt that covers your […]
Kantor & Kantor is happy to announce that it has won an important victory in New Jersey on behalf of a woman with bulimia nervosa.The woman, whose name is being kept anonymous to protect her privacy, began experiencing symptoms of her eating disorder when she was only eight years old. The eating disorder was left […]
Written by Craig Kramer, Lisa Kantor, & Brian FleggJanuary 2017The second annual U.S. leadership summit on eating disorders was held January 12-13, 2017, at the headquarters of Google’s life science division, Verily, in South San Francisco, California. The summit is a meeting of top leaders from the U.S. eating disorder community with the goal of […]
The Minnesota Starvation Study, conducted over 70 years ago, provides us with enlightening and important information about the power of starvation on the human body. While the findings of this study are not news to most of us in this field, it is an immediate reminder as to why weight restoration on its own is […]
Guest Post by Lauren Muhlheim, Psy.D., CEDS, and Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, LMFT, LPCC, CEDSIn our previous article, “Consumer Beware: What You Should Know About In-Network Insurance Provider Lists,” we described how parent advocate, James Cameron, had difficulty finding qualified eating disorder trained providers among the list of “eating disorder therapists” provided by his insurer. Upon […]
And remember – we call it the good fight not because it is the easy fight but because it is the right fight. – Cleo WadeYesterday something big happened. Something huge.It’s called The 21st Century Cures Act and it has been termed the most significant piece of mental health legislation since 2008. This bill, the […]
The tide is turning on coverage for nutritional counseling for eating disorder patients. Many eating disorder patients are wrongfully denied coverage for nutritional counseling despite evidence that such treatment is an effective component for the treatment of eating disorders.On August 22, 2016, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement with HealthNow, New […]
