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• How Family and Friends Are Affected by an Eating Disorder

  With thanks to ED VictoriaParents, siblings, partners, friends, extended family, work colleagues and others often experience many different feelings as they... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Bless This House

  

  It is one year ago today we moved into our own house. It has been a very hectic and busy year, with many turns I did not expect. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Celebrate Ordinary

  We raise our kids from birth almost that they are special, unique, amazing. The message is reinforced at school. The media pick up the path and hammer the... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Had Talk with Counsellor

  It was a great talk. Have the medication clear in my mind and what is the right way to proceed.  Sophie’s counsellor doesn’t understand why the new medication... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Challenging Food Fears

  

  Anyone with an eating disorder has a list of fear foods. Some lists are small, others are massive. Sophie’s list included all foods bar about 5-6 foods she woul... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• More Information Please

  I talked to my friend this morning and bless her for her words of wisdom and guidance. As a mother she feels the same. How far do you continue to medicate,... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Medication Vs Medication

  

  The last talk I had with Sophie’s psychiatrist we made a plan for when she was back to start weaning her off the olanzapine. As good as this medication is, she... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• She’s Back …

  … and learning to adjust to being in Australia. Japan was everything she wanted and hoped for. It fed the dream and the reality was better than she even dreamed. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Family Based Treatment

  by Dr Mark Warren, via FEAST newsletter.What can adult treatment learn from FBT? In the field of eating disorders, multiple studies have shown that Family... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Loving Japan

  

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  Posted on 25 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Self-love

  

  The main thing missing in all those with eating disorders is a lack of self-love, self-acceptance, self-worth. It is also takes a long time to rebuild these... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Confused, Broken Parents

  

  For those of who care on a daily basis for someone with an eating disorder, the road is rough, painful, scary, and brings so much pain. This is not a post to... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• 9 Myths About Mental Illness & Therapy

  http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2012/05/10/mental-health-month-9-myths-about-mental-illness-therapy/Even in today’s advanced world, there’s still much... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Allowing Yourself to Grieve

  

  Many of us have read or know of the stages of grieving. Depend on where you look it is either the 5 stages or the 7 stages of grieving. They are not to be... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Look out Japan

  She’s gone – well actually all 20 kids gone and 3 teachers. All terribly excited, standing in the rain, boarding the bus and heading for the airport. Arriving i... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Leap of Faith

  

  Any kind of recovery road involves learning to lean on others and trust them. You get to a stand point of being unable to go forward or make any sense out of... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Exams Over – a Personal Achievement

  

  She did it. The smile on her face is huge. Her first two exams since June 2010. And not only that but she is pleased with her input and what she remembered. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Oxytocin and Aspergers

  Oxytocin (Oxt) (pron.: /ˌɒksɨˈtoʊsɪn/) is a mammalian neurohypophysial hormone that acts primarily as a neuromodulator in the... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Nedc

  

  The Australian, National Eating Disorder Collaboration has recently put a lot of work into their website, providing information for researchers, clinicians,... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• She is Restricting

  

  … she just doesn’t realise it. As parent I can see what is happening. So subtle, so sneaky is this illness. Of course it is latching on to Sophie’s anxieties... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY