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Listen to thisHello, I am a 2nd year Masters student at the
University of Victoria in the School of Child and Youth Care. I recently
started a practicum where I am tasked to run an psycho-educational group for
girls/women ages 19-25 who are interacting with eating disorders and
disordered eating. I am interested in knowing about any current resources or
programming ideas (art based, interactive, experiential components/resources
preferred) that would suit this age and demographic interacting with this
issue. I currently run programming for youth ages 11-14 but am not as
familiar with an older age group. Please feel free to e-mail me directly at
angela@esteemedchics.com or reply to this thread.
Thank you,
Angela Slade
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You might want to investigate the work of the
anti-anorexia League
http://www.narrativeapproaches.com/antianorexia%20folder/anti_anorexia_index
Hans Skott-Myhre
Brock University
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Thank you Hans, I am actually working in direct contact with Dena of No
Numbers. I saw the premiere at Stephen Madigans TC9 conference. However, was
not familiar with this site!
Angela Slade
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Hello Angela,
I have pasted some ref below which might interest you. I am completing my
thesis too at Child and Youth Care UVIC.
My area of interest is eating disorders and disordered eating but my thesis
is on "Body Satisfaction and the risk and protective factors". I
gathered my data in Fiji.Your practicum seem quite interesting. Please share
more about it.
Talk to you soon
Regards
Asenaca
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Becker AE, Thomas JJ, Bainivualiku A, Richards L, Navara K, Roberts A,
Gilman SE, Striegel-Moore R. Adaptation and Evaluation of the Clinical
Impairment Assessment to Assess Disordered Eating Related Distress in an
Adolescent Female Ethnic Fijian Population. International Journal of
Eating Disorders, 2009. (In press).
Becker AE, Thomas JJ, Bainivualiku A, Richards L, Navara K, Roberts A,
Gilman SE, Striegel-Moore R. Validity and Reliability of a Fijian
Translation and Adaptation of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire.
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2009. (In press).
Thomas JJ, Roberto CA, & Brownell KD.Eighty-five percent of
what?Discrepancies in the weight cut-off for anorexia nervosa substantially
affect the prevalence of underweight. Psychological Medicine.
(In press).
Becker AE. Commentary: Maria – Cultural change and posttraumatic stress in
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DS, Cummings CA, eds. Formative experiences: The interaction of
caregiving, culture, and developmental psychobiology. New York:
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Keel PK, Eddy KT, Thomas J.J, & Schwartz MB.Vulnerability to eating
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Derenne J, Baker CW, Delinsky SS, Becker AE. Clinical Ratings Scales and
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2008
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Gortmaker SL. Dysregulated Eating Patterns Among Graduate Students: Scale
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Becker AE. Nurturing and negligence: Working on Others' Bodies in Fiji.
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Becker AE, Perloe A, Nyquist K, Kaplan LM. Complementary and Alternative
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Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Delinsky SS, Derenne J, Becker AE. Eating Disorders. In Quah S, Heggenhougen
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2008.
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Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. Mosby/Elsevier. 2008.
Delinsky SS, Wilson GT.Weight gain, dietary restraint, and disordered eating
in thefreshman year of college. Eating Behaviors, 2008; 9: 82-90.
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Hrabosky JI, & Thomas JJ. Elucidating the relationship between obesity and
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2007
Becker AE. Culture and Eating Disorders Classification. International
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Miller E, Lasser KE, & Becker AE. Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening for
Women with Mental Illness: Patient and Provider Perspectives on Improving
Linkages Between Primary Care and Mental Health. Archives of Women's
Mental Health, 2007; 10(5):189-97.
Becker AE, Guarnaccia PG, Dumit J, Lewis-Fernandez R. End of an era.
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Thomas JJ & Brownell KD. Obesity. In Ayers S, Baum S, Newman S, Wallston K,
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Schwartz MB, Thomas JJ, Bohan KM, & Vartanian LR. Intended and unintended
effects of an eating disorder educational program: The impact of presenter
identity. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2007; 40:
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Becker AE, Fay, K, Gilman SE, Striegel-Moore, R. Facets of acculturation and
their diverse relations to body concern in Fiji. International Journal
of Eating Disorders. 2007; 40:42-50.
Franko DL, Becker AE, Thomas JJ, Herzog DB. Cross-ethnic differences in
eating disorder symptoms and related distress. International Journal of
Eating Disorders. 2007; 40:156-64.
2006
Becker AE. Eating Disorders. In: World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago,
IL: World Book Publishing; 2006:48.
Becker AE, Fay K. Socio-cultural issues and eating disorders. In S.
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Becker AE, Look A. Eating Disorders. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ.
Sleisinger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 8th
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Delinsky SS, Becker AE. Binge Eating Disorder: A Wealth of Treatment
Options. Curbside Consultant. Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Delinsky SS, Latner JD, Wilson GT. Binge eating and weight loss in a
self-help behavior modification program. Obesity. 2006;
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Delinsky SS, Wilson G.T. Mirror exposure for body image disturbance: a
preliminary randomized trial.International Journal of Eating Disorders.
2006; 39:108-116.
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Eating Disorders Monograph Series. 2006; 14(4):335-9.
Derenne JL, Beresin EV. Body image, media, and eating disorders.
Academic Psychiatry. 2006; 30(3):257-61
Judge AM, Thomas JJ, Becker AE. Ethnic Disparities in Overweight and Obesity
in the U.S.: A Review of Socio-Cultural Contributions. In: Ditmier LF, ed.
New Developments in Obesity Research. New York: Nova Science
Publishers; 2006.
2005
Hayaki J, Friedman MA, Whisman MA, Delinsky SS, Brownell KD. Sociotropy and
bulimic symptoms in clinical and nonclinical samples. International
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Marci CD, Riess H. The clinical relevance of psychophysiology: Support for
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information in the evaluation of eating disorders: Counselor response to
weight information in a national eating disorders educational and screening
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Becker AE, Thomas JJ, Franko DL, Herzog DB. Disclosure Patterns of Eating
and Weight Concerns to Clinicians, Educational Professionals, Family, and
Peers. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 2005; 38:18-23.
2004
Franko D, Keel PK, Dorer DJ, Blais MA, Delinsky SS, Eddy KT, Charat V, Renn
R, Herzog DB. What predicts suicide attempts in women with eating disorders?
Psychological Medicine. 2004; 34:1-11.
Becker AE, Franko DL, Nussbaum K, Herzog DB. Secondary prevention for eating
disorders: The impact of education, screening, and referral in a college
population. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2004;
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Becker AE. Television, disordered eating, and young women in Fiji:
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2003
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2002
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Hi Erica
I am currently taking the Child and Youth Care
diploma program. I attended a presentation on eating disorders last year and
the speaker handed out some information sheets that I found to be really
useful. I thought I would share some of what I learned with you.
You wanted to know what kind of problems you might face when working with
youth who have eating disorders; I think it depends on which type of eating
disorder you are dealing with.
Someone with anorexia strives for thinness, has an unrealistic body image,
their self esteem is based on their weight, they experience dramatic weight
loss and they have an extreme fear of weight gain. Some of the problem
behaviours you may come across are obsessive exercise, calorie counting,
starvation and restrictions on food, vomiting, the use of diet pills,
laxatives or diuretics, and/or a constant anxiety about their body image.
These youth may experience physical consequences such as loss of muscular
strength, thinning hair, fainting, or weakness. They may also experience
feelings of depression, or low self-esteem. Youth with eating disorders may
feel like they have no control over their lives and the only control that
they do have is their eating habits.
Youth with Bulimia will eat a large amount of food in a relatively short
period of time and then display behaviours such as taking laxatives or
self-induced vomiting. Some other behaviour might be rapid food consumption,
guilt, purging, lack of control over their eating habits, regular diets and
exercise, use of laxatives, diuretics, and/or diet pills, depression, low
self esteem and a continual concern with body image.
With both disorders there is really no single cause however here are some
ideas that may play a role: negative family influences, poor parenting,
parents with substance abuse issues, parents with an eating disorder
themselves, a history of abuse, and orobesity within the family, genetic
factors, and or cultural pressures such as the medias pressure to be thin. I
think looking at all of these areas would be a good starting ground for
working with the youth and the family.
According to the National Eating Disorders Association the best thing to do
with these youth that are struggling with an eating disorder is learn as
much as you can about the disorder; read as many books, articles, and or
brochures as you can, watch movies, and/ or talk to people (2005).
Know the distinctions between “facts and myths about weight, nutrition, and exercise” because knowing the facts will help you reason against any wrong ideas that the youth may be using as excuses for their eating habits (National Eating Disorders Association 2005). Genuinely care about the youth, but be firm and consistent and don’t make promises you can’t keep.
Compliment them on their awesome personalities and or
accomplishments, role model self acceptance, healthy eating, and exercise
yourself (National Eating Disorders Association, 2005).
Lastly and most importantly remind them that you care and want them to be
healthy and happy.
Rachel Rowley
