Anorexia Myths
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Debunking myths about anorexia nervosa. Recovery is possible. For everyone. anorexiamyths.com
Drop everything and read this! It’s very good.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Calling all parents/carers who are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill. Please read and sign this open letter. The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia
#AssistedDyingBill
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Organise: Get heard at work
Over 1 million workers are using Organise to let off steam and take action together. Join for free:
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9 months ago
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Research participants needed!
9 months ago
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Calling all parents/carers who are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill. Please read and sign this open letter. The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia
#AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
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Organise: Get heard at work
Over 1 million workers are using Organise to let off steam and take action together. Join for free:
https://organise.network/actions/petition-the-assisted-dying-bill-is-not--mY6U69CV/saf/take-action?utm_source=share&utm_medium=native&utm_campaign=b2cc3a48-5e3a-4a91-9529-b4f2d61b07f3
9 months ago
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Very well worth taking your timr to read this.
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10 months ago
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea
10 months ago
Homeopathy is arguably the most unscientific alternative medicine. It postulates that a remedy becomes more effective when the active ingredient has been diluted out of existence. - Dr. Harriet A. Hall
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‘I soon began to see similarities between the mum on screen, desperately trying to get her daughter out of the cult, and me at home, trying to pull my daughter from the grip of anorexia.’ Rachel Smeeth on the parallels between cults and anorexia.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
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Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind-control
11 months ago
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‘I soon began to see similarities between the mum on screen, desperately trying to get her daughter out of the cult, and me at home, trying to pull my daughter from the grip of anorexia.’ Rachel Smeeth on the parallels between cults and anorexia.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
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Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind-control
11 months ago
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NEW POST! Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia
#eatingdisorders
#cults
#mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
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Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind-control
11 months ago
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NEW POST! Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia
#eatingdisorders
#cults
#mindcontrol
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Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind-control
11 months ago
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Exciting research
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Basic discovery brings hope to those facing eating disorders
A fundamental research discovery from a 2012 Brain Canada MIRI grant is now bringing relief to patients living with an eating disorder, which has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disease ...
https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/basic-discovery-brings-hope-to-those-facing-eating-disorders/
about 1 year ago
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Does anyone know if there’s a way of posting on Twitter and here? I need to be on here more on there. It can get so nasty over there.
about 1 year ago
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Why anyone with a loved one with anorexia should be worried about the Assisted Dying Bill.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-and-assisted-dying
over 1 year ago
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If a patient with a chronic illness refuses treatment and, as a result, is on a pathway to mortality, would this patient’s illness now be terminal?
#AssistedDyingBill
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Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-and-assisted-dying
over 1 year ago
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I love this: ‘some of the consultants there inspired me with their compassion and their relentless hope… I think that’s what really called to me, that the kindness was probably the strongest thing that we had to fight against an eating disorder.’
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New Treatments: Estrogen Patches — Anorexia Myths
In the third in our series on novel treatments, Anorexia Myths chats to psychiatrist Dr Romi Goldschlager about a new trial looking at the effects of estrogen on anorexia nervosa
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/new-treatments-estrogen-patches
over 1 year ago
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James Downs
over 1 year ago
I wrote about concerns over assisted dying for those with eating disorders for the brilliant
@nation.cymru
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As the Senedd rejects assisted dying, those with mental illnesses still face high stakes in Westminster
James Downs, Mental Health Campaigner This week, the Welsh Senedd debated proposals to introduce assisted dying but narrowly voted against it, however, momentum is growing in the UK, with public figur...
https://nation.cymru/opinion/as-the-senedd-rejects-assisted-dying-those-with-mental-illnesses-still-face-high-stakes-in-westminster/
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James Downs
over 1 year ago
Please consider this: ⚠️Oregon’s assisted dying laws (closest to that proposed in 🇬🇧) limit assisted death to terminal illnesses only ⚠️Anorexia cannot be defined as a terminal illness ⚠️People with anorexia have HAD assisted deaths in Oregon 🚨We don’t need to fear a slippery slope. It’s here.
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Still really proud of this piece, which never really got any traction for some reason. Perhaps because, well…
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Anorexia Nervosa: the Girl Problem — Anorexia Myths
Anorexia was long thought to be almost exclusively an illness of young girls. This perception has contributed to the illness being woefully under-researched and treatment being shamefully underfunded....
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-nervosa-the-girl-problem
over 1 year ago
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Some doctors in 2024 believe that, if they discharge a patient from treatment at an extraordinarily low BMI, their brains may be miraculously able to change. There is still a great deal of magical thinking in the world of eating disorders.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-and-assisted-dying
over 1 year ago
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New treatments: a new trial into estrogen patches for anorexia
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/new-...
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New Treatments: Estrogen Patches — Anorexia Myths
In the third in our series on novel treatments, Anorexia Myths chats to psychiatrist Dr Romi Goldschlager about a new trial looking at the effects of estrogen on anorexia nervosa
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/new-treatments-estrogen-patches
over 1 year ago
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Some doctors in 2024 believe that, if they discharge a patient from treatment at an extraordinarily low BMI, their brains may be miraculously able to change. There is still a great deal of magical thinking in the world of eating disorders.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-and-assisted-dying
over 1 year ago
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Give me heat, not just food.
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Frontiers | Disordered eating in anorexia nervosa: give me heat, not just food
The recommendation to apply external heat to patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) was first documented by William Gull in 1874. Gull encountered this practice...
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1433470/full
over 1 year ago
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My thoughts on the Assisted Dying Bill:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Why eating disorders campaigners are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-and-assisted-dying
over 1 year ago
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My thoughts on the Assisted Dying Bill:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Why eating disorders campaigners are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-and-assisted-dying
over 1 year ago
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Have started writing something on the assisted dying bill. It will come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I’m finding I have quite a lot to say…
over 1 year ago
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Another old post but one that is important to me:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/pare...
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Do Parents Cause Anorexia Nervosa? — Anorexia Myths
Why this idea could never have been true, if you really think about it
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/parents-cause-anorexia-nervosa
over 1 year ago
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The genetics of anorexia. My interview with Dr Cynthia Bulik in case you missed it:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/ther...
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Is There a Genetic Link to Anorexia Nervosa? — Anorexia Myths
‘We really shouldn’t be debating anymore whether genes play a role’. We talk to Dr Cynthia Bulik about the genetics of eating disorders
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/there-is-no-genetic-link-to-anorexia-nervosa
over 1 year ago
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In case you missed it. Here’s another old post:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/weig...
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Does Weight Restoration Equal Recovery? — Anorexia Myths
They may look physically well, but it’s the mindset of someone who’s had anorexia that is important
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/weight-restored-equals-recovered
over 1 year ago
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James Downs
over 1 year ago
I gave a talk last week regarding ethics and
#eatingdisorders
care. My analysis was that the ethical dilemmas of severe illness are a product of an unethical system that allows these to arise in the first place: a system characterised by normalised neglect and upheld by a culture of ignorance..
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So lovely to see so many friends here!
over 1 year ago
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Here’s another old post:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Is Anorexia all About Control? — Anorexia Myths
Is the person with anorexia in control or is it controlling them?
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-is-all-about-control
over 1 year ago
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Morning. Reposting on here in case you missed it:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Is Anorexia a Modern Malaise? — Anorexia Myths
Anorexia is not a modern malaise.
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexia-is-a-modern-malaise
over 1 year ago
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Dr. Cheri A Levinson
over 1 year ago
Why are eating behaviors never included on general mental health scales… eating is literally as basic a function as sleep
#abct2024
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Just going through my back catalogue. In case you missed it or are new to my blog:
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/ever...
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Does Everyone with Anorexia Have a Low BMI? — Anorexia Myths
You can’t tell someone has an eating disorder by the way they look
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/everyone-with-anorexia-looks-unwell
over 1 year ago
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I suspect even the anti vaxxers won’t be thrilled about RFK becoming in charge of health. They depend on *everyone else* being vaccinated, after all…
over 1 year ago
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Shematologist, MD
over 1 year ago
Arguably, the greatest advance in healthcare in the past 100 years was the widespread vaccination of children.
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New blog post coming soon. We talk to the researcher leading a new trial into estrogen therapy for anorexia. Keep your eyes peeled.
over 1 year ago
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Hello Blue Sky world. I blog about eating disorders, mainly anorexia nervosa. Here’s the first post I wrote.
#anorexia
#eatingdisorders
#mentalillness
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Is Anorexia Nervosa a Choice? — Anorexia Myths
Is somebody with anorexia nervosa choosing to be ill? Of course not. Nobody chooses to be ill. But yet this myth still persists. We look at where this misconception may have come from and why it persi...
https://www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anorexiaisachoice
over 1 year ago
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Hi Blue Sky people!
over 1 year ago
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