Sleeping Pills and Bizarre Behavior

I wrote an article a short while ago on the strange behavior that sometimes occurs when a person sleepwalks. Sleepwalking, in fact, has sometimes been used as a murder defense.
From: www.healthcentral.com

Local Jewish Groups to Hold Workshop on Eating Disorders

"Dying to be Thin" is called a train-the-trainers workshop, sponsored by the Tri-state Jewish Communal Professionals Association along with several other Jewish organizations.
From: kyw1060.com

Anorexia showing up in 8-year-olds

Doctors say the eating disorder anorexia is showing up in Australian children as young as eight.
From: au.news.yahoo.com

Calendar for May 28-30

Wednesday 28*Walking tour of Main Street begin today from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tours run Monday to Friday only, no tours on weekends, the 4th of July and
From: www.parkrecord.com

State assistance for problem eating?

Schaumburg-area resident Carly Cozza battled an eating disorder as a teen without the help of insurance coverage
From: www.dailyherald.com

CNS Response, Inc. Provides Review Of Poster Session Delivered At The American Psychiatric Association 161st Annual ...

CNS Response, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CNSO) reported the results of a study presented at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 161st Annual Meeting by Dr. James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Walden Behavioral Care Inpatient Psychiatry and Eating Disorder Programs.
From: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Irregular Menstrual Cycles In Teens May Be Warning Sign Of Bulimia

Girls who make themselves throw up to control their weight are putting their health at risk, even if they do so only occasionally and even if their weight is in a healthy range, finds a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Analyzing data from nearly 2,800 high school girls in the National Eating Disorders Screening Program, researchers found that girls who vomited to control their weight ...
From: www.sciencedaily.com

New drug helps people with eating disorder

A disorder known as Phenylketonuria or PKU makes eating proteins toxic to people who suffer from the rare genetic disorder. A new drug may be opening up the edible options.
From: www.tampabays10.com

First with Kids: Stomach noises

What to know and when to worry
From: www.burlingtonfreepress.com

May 17: Jottings

CARF International has announced that Selah House of Anderson has been accredited for a period of three years for its residential programs. This is the first accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to Selah House.
From: www.theheraldbulletin.com

Video Diary Records Deadly Addiction

A personal video diary captures one woman?s most vulnerable moments as her daily struggle to lose weight was slowly killing her. 6:30 a.m.
From: www.kpho.com

First with Kids: Baseball safety

Prevent your child from becoming an injury statistic
From: www.burlingtonfreepress.com

The new faces of anorexia and bulimia

Nicole Elaine Campbell was 44 years old when her heart finally stopped.
From: www.canada.com

Binge eating disorder can affect adults

As recently addressed in this column, where eating disorders are concerned, the picture comes to mind of a skinny teenage girl. But the most common eating disorder is actually binge eating disorder (BED). And the most common victim is an overweight adult.
From: www.publicopiniononline.com

Innovative Swiss Programme Offers New Hope For Long Term Weight-loss

Successful long-term weight loss for obese patients can be achieved without drugs using a low-cost approach that involves innovative intensive therapy followed by long term support, new research shows. Swiss researchers found that more than half a group of morbidly obese patients maintained a 10 kg weight reduction and overall 70% of their patients succeeded in avoiding further weight gain after ...
From: www.sciencedaily.com

Eating Disorder Experts, Advocates Introduce Patient Bill of Rights To Ensure Quality Care in Washington State and ...

The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) and the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) today introduced a patient bill of rights, launching a statewide initiative in Washington to help families access quality care for individuals affected by eating disorders.
From: news.yahoo.com

CRC Health Reports Operating Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008

CRC Health Corporation ("CRC" or the "Company"), a leading provider of substance abuse treatment and youth services through its wholly owned consolidated subsidiaries, announced its results for the three months ended March 31, 2008. For the three months ended March 31, 2008, consolidated net revenue increased 7.5%, to $116.0 million from $107.9 million in the same period of 2007. Adjusted pro ...
From: www.centredaily.com

Program seeds a path to healing

Working with plants can do more than lift the spirits. It can be an effective therapy for many chronic diseases.
From: www.startribune.com

Eating well can make you sick

Orthorexia supposedly is an emerging eating disorder marked by extreme devotion to healthy food.
From: www.goerie.com

The Cost of Mental Illness

A new analysis suggests that mental illness costs society nearly two hundred billion dollars a year in lost earnings - and that is just the tip of the iceberg
From: news.yahoo.com

Just Move: Dealing with eating disorders

Is it any wonder that two out of every 100 teens this year will be diagnosed with an eating disorder? Take a look at what is portrayed to be a desirable body type -- stick thin for girls and ripped muscles for boys.
From: www.publicopiniononline.com

First with Kids: Allergy season

The difference between allegies and a cold
From: www.burlingtonfreepress.com

Donna Fish: Your Jeans and Your Genes: Taking Eating Disorders Out of the Closet

Research is finding real biological reasons for eating disorders. They are finding physical evidence to show that people with anorexia have different mechanisms to regulate appetite and experience satiety than others.
From: www.huffingtonpost.com

The Links Between PTSD and Eating Disorders: Diagnostic and Treatment Implications

Despite an abundance of studies linking both traumatic experiences and anxiety disorders with eating disorders, relatively little has been reported on the prevalence of associated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or partial PTSD in patients with eating disorders.
From: www.psychiatrictimes.com

CNS Response, Inc.: Poster Session on Referenced-EEG Guided Medication to Be Presented at the American Psychiatric ...

CNS Response, Inc. announced today that Dr. James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Walden Behavioral Care Inpatient Psychiatry and Eating Disorder Programs, will present a poster session at the American Psychiatric Association 161st Annual Meeting.
From: biz.yahoo.com

Hillary Clinton makes campaign pit stop in Mooresville

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks Saturday in Mooresville. Car racing metaphors were in abundance in speeches delivered by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton and those stumping for her in Race City USA on Saturday afternoon.
From: www.mooresvilletribune.com

Families ?not to blame for children?s anorexia?

FAMILIES have been blamed for far too long for causing the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, in their children, a mental health expert has claimed.
From: www.examiner.ie

R) Research to be Presented at 38th National Council Conference

CNS Response, Inc. announced today that Dr. Daniel Hoffman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, CNS Response, Dr. Henry Harbin, M.D., Board Member, CNS Response and Dr. James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Walden Behavioral Care Inpatient Psychiatry and Eating Disorder Programs, will deliver a presentation on Referenced EEG-guided personalized medicine and its potential for treating patients ...
From: biz.yahoo.com

Few experts and little funding to treat disease

Editor?s note: This is the second in a two-part series on eating disorders. Eating disorders affect about three per cent of the population. The fastest and largest group being hospitalized for eating disorders is children and youth between the ages of 10 and 19.
From: www.coastreporter.net

Orthorexia: Too Healthy?

How a fixation on healthy eating can lead to trouble.
From: www.psychologytoday.com

A Weighty Issue

The adage "One can never be too rich or too thin" can certainly be applied to the entertainment industry, especially if you believe that the two factors are inextricably linked. The skinnier or more ripped you are, the thinking goes, the better your chances of success.
From: backstage.com

Letters: Misunderstandings about anorexia

Letters: I must take issue with some of the misguided notions in the article
From: www.guardian.co.uk

Book signing at Cornerstone Bookstore

Remuda Programs for Eating Disorders in Wickenburg (www.remudaranch.com), the nation?s leading and largest inpatient treatment center for women and girls suffering from eating disorders, is hosting a book-signing event with the authors of the new book ?Distorted - How a Mother and Daughter Unraveled the Truth, the Lies & the Realities of an Eating Disorder.?
From: www.wickenburgsun.com