NEDAwareness Week 2010
"It's Time to Talk About It" Register now to do just one thing!
NEDA is a proud sponsor of Fat Talk Free Week.
Just because Fat Talk Free Week is over doesn't mean the fight to stop Fat Talk ends. Send this powerful video link on to someone you care about to keep the message about the importance of a positive body image going!
Connect with others through our Parent, Family & Friends Network
NEDA established the Parent, Family & Friends Network to offer support to those whose loved ones are struggling with an eating disorder. The free program brings people together to share information, resources and opportunities to get involved in support of the cause.
As a member of the Parent, Family & Friends Network you receive: Access to a quarterly newsletter with news and information from around the nation of interest to families affected by eating disorders and opportunities to advocate for others experiencing the same issues.
Thomas Insel, MD is Director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
Anorexia Nervosa in Teens: What Parents Should Know
Katharine Loeb, PhD is the Director of Research at the Eating and Weight Disorders Program at Mount Sinai and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She co-chairs the Academy for Eating Disorders' Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Special Interest Group. Dr. Loeb received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University and completed a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University. Her current research interests include the early identification and treatment of eating disorders; family-based intervention for adolescents with eating disorders; and pediatric obesity.
Eating Disorders in Adolescents
Dr. le Grange serves on the clinical and scientific advisory council of the National Eating Disorders Association and is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, Section for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of the Eating Disorders Program at The University of Chicago. He was a member of the team who developed the "Maudsley Approach" as a treatment for early onset anorexia nervosa and is the author or co-author of more than 150 research and clinical articles, books, book chapters, and abstracts.
