Greetings!
NAMI
Durham (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is hosting a
panel discussion from several eating disorders clinics in the
Triangle to educate people about the nature and treatment of eating
disorders. This panel discussion is for professionals, family
members, individuals with behavioral health challenges, and the
general public. All are welcome!
We
brought together four clinical directors from Carolina House, the
Duke Center for Eating Disorders, Veritas Collaborative, which
specifically treat children and adolescents, and Structure House,
which focuses on Binge Eating Disorder. They will sit on a panel to
educate and answer questions from the public, family members,
providers who treat eating disorders, and most importantly, the
people who need more information to recover. Eating disorders such as
anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, include extreme
emotions, and physical problems have life threatening consequences.
Our
Presenters
Leah Berry, LPC,
LCAS, Partial Hosp. Prog. Manager,
Here
are some facts about eating disorders that are alarming:
According
to the National Eating Disorders Coalition, at least 30 million
Americans suffer from an eating disorder. According to the National
Institute of Health, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate
of all mental illnesses; up to 20% die. People with this mental
disorder are 18 times more likely to die early compared with people
of similar age. Every 62 minutes someone dies as a result of an
eating disorder. Eating disorders are not choices, but serious
biologically influenced illness. Eating disorders affect all
populations, male, female, young, old, all economic classes and
ethnic groups. We need to bring more attention to this issue.
Advocacy is necessary. There is a problem from the lack of education
about eating disorders and insurance treatment coverage. Only 1 in 10
people with an eating disorder receives treatment. We need to change
these statistics.
There
is still hope. People with eating disorders can recover with
treatment, support from their family, and sharing their experiences
in support groups with peers. This is the reason we have put together
this outstanding panel. We will be discussing questions such as, what
are the methods and most challenging aspects of treating an eating
disorder? What are the most important attitudes and actions people
can take to recover? What are the causes of relapse? What types of
support are helpful to assist in getting someone treatment? We
welcome audience participation and have set aside time for people to
ask their own questions.
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