LONDON
(AdAge.com) -- Marketers in Spain could be banned from advertising
certain beauty products and services before 10 p.m., as the government
attempts to stamp out the growing number of eating disorders and
improve the mental health of young women fixated on their weight and
appearance. 
Adi
Barkan is a renowned Israeli photographer who also runs a modeling
agency. He has witnessed the harsh results of eating disorders
exhibited among some of his models, and it shook him badly. It became
evident to Barkan that the current concept of beauty in the modeling
world is in serious need of alteration.
"When I just started
photographing those talents, their size was 37, 38... during the past
ten or twelve years the size shrank to 24, 25, meaning we've lost two
sizes within a decade or so. These 2 sizes are exactly what set a
healthy, slim and sexy model apart from the plague of eating disorders."Read More
| Eating Disorders Awareness Week | |
| It's Time to Talk About It! NationalEating Disorders Awareness Week 2010 is coming up, February 21-27, andregistration is free! You can make a difference: NEDA invites you to dojust one thing to raise awareness about eating disorders in yourcommunity. Register today to access NEDA's free online resources andnetworking group; download the electronic Educator Packet; sign up tobe, or host, a Volunteer Speaker; post your event on NEDA's Website;and get your discounted NEDAwareness Week Kit and Resource and PlanningGuide CD-ROM. Visit www.NationalEatingDisorders.org to register and learn more about how you can get involved! If we all do just one thing, together we'll have a huge impact! Click here to register now! | |
Asclients who struggle with eating disorders move into recovery, they mayfeel anxious about feeling good. Often they state "I don't feel like me" and do not feel "right" or authentic because feeling good feels sounfamiliar. This workshop will focus on the issue of identity and howto help attendees move clients through a figure/ground shift in
which the negative self moves into the background and the authenticself emerges as the foreground. Attendees will learn strategies forworking with body boundaries and mirror work. This presentation isbeing taught from both a clinician's and client's perspective. Join Adrienne Ressler and Jenni Schaefer for this exciting presentation. Read More


| Eating Disorders in the News | |
| By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on December 9, 2009 Psychcentral.com A new study suggests most antidepressants do not target a key brain protein believed to be of importance in maintaining mood. Read More Personality Profile of Medical Students Can Predict Their Success By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on December 10, 2009 Psychcentral.com A new study by industrial-organizational psychologists evaluates if giving personality tests to prospective medical students would help predict which applicants will be successful. "Our findings show that personality factors do have a predictive value as to the success rate of admitted medical students. Considering personality of applicants can be quite helpful to medical school admissions programs," said Deniz Ones, a professor in the department of psychology at the University of Minnesota who conducted the study with colleagues Filip Lievens at Ghent University in Belgium and Stephan Dilchert from City University of New York's Baruch College. Read More Puducherry, India, December 8 -- According to a new study, fear of gaining weight has forced many diabetic women and teenagers in limiting their use of insulin, which can cause damage to their health.Read More Saturday, March 13, 2010: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM Ovidio Bermudez, MD Thispresentation will review what is currently known about the association of diabetes mellitus and eating disorders. Recommendations for comprehensive care approaches will be presented. Specific aspects of inpatient care in an eating disorder residential setting will be discussed. We will describe the clinical consensus in nomenclature, epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, and management of the dual diagnosis of eating disorder and diabetes mellitus. This is an important association for clinicians to recognize due to the increase risk of eating disorders in patients with diabetes, increased morbidity and mortality in the dual diagnosis. Read More |