Does my child have an eating disorder? What role does denial play in accepting the fact?
April 27, 2012 by Becky Henry
Filed under Anorexia, Anxiety, Athletes, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Depression, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Fat Acceptance, HAES, Males with Eating Disorders, Obesity, Orthorexia, Parents, Recovery, Treatment, Weight Stigma
Eating Disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Yet, regularly those of us working to bring health and hope to families impacted by these deadly illnesses hear statements like these from parents and doctors: “She/he is at a ‘normal’ weight so we don’t need to pull her/him out of college.” “He/she HAS […]