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Resources on the web and phone referrals for eating disorders:

Try our list of “mind matters” links -- for professional and personal websites.

Something Fishy - Probably the best eating disorder site on the web!

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
Phone: 858-792-7463

S.C.A.R.E.D. - Support, Concern and Resources For Eating Disorders. Provides a variety of information about the various eating disorders and related issues effecting lives all over the world. Resources and information from the net, a message forum, mailing lists, support and understanding. A special section just for teens.

The Center for Eating Disorders
Examine your own situation by taking our short quiz. Read about eating disorders. Join the discussion group. Or send a private message to one of the physicians at the Center for Eating Disorders.

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention
1-800-931-2237 (Hours: 8am-noon daily, PT)

Eating Disorders Center
1-888-236-1188

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa
1- 847-831-3438

National Anorexic Aid Society
1-614-436-1112

Recommended Reading, click on image for more info or to order:


Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self

by Lori Gottlieb - From the diaries she kept as an 11-year-old, the author's wry, perceptive account of her near-fatal struggle with anorexia nervosa is told with an unguarded openness not seen since Susanna Kaysen's Girl Interrupted. Stick Figure has been option for film by Martin Scorsese's De Fina/Cappa Productions.


Am I Thin Enough Yet?: The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity
- In "one of the most powerful and compelling arguments about the culture of thinness, the former director of the Women's Studies Program at Boston College highlights the various ways in which American families, schools, popular culture, and the health and fitness industry undermine young women's self-confidence as they inculcate the notions that thinness is beauty and a woman's body is more important than her mind.


Anatomy of Anorexia
-by Steven Levenkron


The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa
- by Hilde Bruch. MD -- One of the world's leading authorities offers a vivid and moving account of the causes, effects, and treatment of this devastating disease.

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