Eating Disorders

By Red Pashmina Campaign (Inc.) on 27 Jan 2017 ( 1 Comment )

“A Sense of Hopelessness”: Eating Disorders and the Health Care System

Eating disorders (EDs) are serious and complex illnesses. But problems within the health care system — waiting lists, lack of funding, lack of local specialized services, lack of data — […]

By Red Pashmina Campaign (Inc.) on 27 Jan 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Send Her to Africa: The Story of a Mother, A Daughter and the Eating Disorder That Transformed Their Lives

By Melodie McCullough Six years ago Lisa Burns took her then almost-17-year-old daughter, possibly suffering with anorexia, to the family doctor. The advice given by the doctor upon diagnosing an eating disorder? “Send her to Africa, so she will see what starving children really look like.” Burns knew it was time to […]

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Eating Disorders

“A Sense of Hopelessness”: Eating Disorders and the Health Care System

Send Her to Africa: The Story of a Mother, A Daughter and the Eating Disorder That Transformed Their Lives