Eating Disorders - Break the Silence!
Silence heals no illness * Silence dismantles no stigma * Silence promotes no awareness
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          National organizations:

 - NEDIC - National Eating Disorder Information Centre
 - NEDA - National Eating Disorders Association
 - EDC - Eating Disorders Coalition
 - ANRED - Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders
 - ALDA - Asociación civil de Lucha contra Desórdenes
                  Alimentarios
 - OA - Overeaters Anonymous
 - ABOUT-FACE - "Don't Fall for the Media Circus"
 - ANAD - National Assocociation of Anorexia Nervosa
                  and Associated Disorders


 

          Organizations in Indiana:

 - The Eating Disorders Task Force of Indiana
 - Indiana Eating Disorders Coalition

 - Spilled Coffee - KC Elaine's Blog - Adventures of a writing
        grrrl making her way through college, an ill planet, and the
        mental health system
 - Digest - Breaking down and assimilating eating
        disorder recovery, popular culture, whatever
 

          My Research, Publications, Conference Papers, etc.:
                    Some of the following links are only to abstracts or summaries, that's either because the paper/research
                    is still in progress or because it is currently under consideration/revision for publication.  If you would
                    like more than an abstract for any of these, send me an e-mail and I'll get you more info - thanks!

 - Anorexia and Involuntary Hospitalization: What if the "Cure" is Worse than the "Illness"?
          Health and Body Image Conference, Notre Dame University, March 2008.
          (under revision for publication, abstract only)
 - The Body Modification Paradox
           Eating Disorder Education (vol 3) March, 2008.
          (posted here with kind permission from the publisher)
 - “ED” used to mean “Eating Disorder” – What happened?
           Eating Disorder Education (vol 2) October, 2007
          (posted here with kind permission from the publisher)
 - Eating Dis♂rders and S♀cial Justice
           Anderson University Eating Disorders Symposium – Anderson, IN – April, 2007
          (under revision for publication, abstract only)
 - Cultural Pathogens and Psychological Carcinogens: How Defective Environments Facilitate Disordered Eating -
          Notre Dame Eating Disorders Conference – Notre Dame, IN – February, 2007
          (under revision for publication, abstract only)
 - Letter to the Indiana State Department of Health
          About the promotion of weight loss programs (i.e. - "INShape") on college campuses - January 2007
 - Radical Recovery: A Manifesto of Eating Disorder Pride
          Lanham, MD.: University Press of America, 2006
 - What is life with an eating disorder like?
          Short excerpt from Radical Recovery
 - What is "Eating Disorder Pride" anyway?
 

These resources are not a substitute for medical or psychological evaluation and treatment.
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Please be mindful:
While it's ok to ask me about my eating disorders,
many eating disordered people are uncomfortable
with open discussion of this topic.
Such discussion may be facilitated and welcomed,
but it should not be coerced.
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