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Eating Disorders

November 16, 2016 by Heather Booth

My Teen Daughter Gave Me Permission to Write about her Eating Disorder, ARFID By Stephanie Elliot

My daughter has an eating disorder and it’s unlike the usual suspects. Everyone is familiar with bulimia and anorexia nervosa, but what my daughter has is called ARFID, which stands for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. ARFID, simply put, is the fear of eating – extreme picky eating; the fear that if you try something new, […]

December 3, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Eating Disorders: Haunting the 616.85 Section, a #MHYALit guest post by BELIEVAREXIC author J. J. Johnson

It may seem weird to talk about eating disorders in a week when we have been talking about food, but food is a complicated issue for a lot of people. It was for me. No, it is for me. And it is also for BELIEVAREXIC author J. J. Johnson. She contacted me about participating in […]

February 23, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Elena Vanishing: A Memoir by Elena and Clare B. Dunkle

The voices in our heads can be so cruel. For Elena, and many other people struggling with anorexia, the voices in our heads are persistent with one overriding message: you are not good enough. The only way to become good enough is to lower the number on the scale. And as you step on the […]

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Sunday Reflections: The Skin I’m Not Comfortable In, looking back and looking forward at a life with an eating disorder

February 22, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I am a teenage anorexic in the body of a fat old woman. My struggle with an eating disorder began when I was 12. I was diagnosed with Scoliosis and fitted with a back brace, a type of fiberglass corset. The first time I ever had to wear it out in public I became so […]

Skin and Bones: talking about teens and eating disorders, a guest post by author Sherry Shahan

October 9, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Years ago I wrote a quirky short story about teens in an Eating Disorders Unit of a metropolitan hospital. Sort of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” meets “Love Story.”  Fast Facts: 2 out of every 100 students struggles with an eating disorder My then agent encouraged me to expand the short story (now Skin […]

List of Lists: Teens and Mental Health Resources

May 22, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

May is Mental Health Awareness Month According to the NCCP, approximately 20% of adolescents have a diagnosed mental health issue. Most mental health disorders begin to present in the adolescent years. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among adolescents. According to NAMI, 50% of children who present with a mental illness will drop […]

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Book Review: A Really Awesome Mess by Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin

July 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Just when you thought Egmont Week was over….. one more review from their fall catalog! The writing pair behind Notes from the Blender, a great bit of realistic fiction about the complications and joys of becoming, through no effort of your own, part of a blended family during high school, is back for another novel […]

Top 10: Teen titles that deal with obesity and body image

August 21, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The past couple of days, we have been talking body image and the depiction of obese teens in teen fiction.  So here’s our list of the Top 10 Titles that deal with body image with an emphasis on titles that deal with teens struggling with obesity. Obesity and Teens in Teen Fiction: a discussionEvery Day by […]

The girl in the fiberglass corset: a story about scoliosis and eating disorders

May 22, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The first time I had to wear it in public, I threw up.  It was at my brother’s baseball game and there I was running to the bathroom to hurl.  You see, unlike the corsets of old, it didn’t make me look thinner.  No, it made me look . . . well, large.  It being […]

Top 10 Tuesday: Body Image and Eating Disorders

May 22, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Yesterday we talked about The List by Siobhan Vivian.  One detail that didn’t come fully to light in our coverage is the story of Bridget, who develops an eating disorder.  Her description on the “list” says this: what a difference a summer makes.  What they don’t know is how she lost that weight over the […]

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