By Andrea LaMarre, PhD There are a lot of ideas circulating out in the ether around what makes someone “recovered.” You wouldn’t be hard pressed…
By Heather Hower, Researcher, MSW, LICSW, QCSW, ACSW The focus in the eating disorders field (indeed, in all of psychiatry) is usually on diagnoses, symptoms,…
by: Mary O’Brien “Hello everyone. This is your captain speaking. We are coming into severe weather with lots of turbulence. It is unclear how long…
There was exciting news on the eating disorder research front this past week: did you catch it? In an article published in the International Journal…
Finding our Sea Legs with F.E.A.S.T. By: LH The first time I turned to F.E.A.S.T. our family had been battling an Anorexia Nervosa diagnosis that…
by Dan D We are 3.5 years into treatment with our now almost 16 year old daughter (Marie). It’s been a slow fade back to…
Reflection by Helen I was 27 years old, in a happy relationship and with a good career when anorexia first entered my life. Over the…
F.E.A.S.T., as you may know, is an international, non profit, volunteer run organization governed by a Board of Directors. In addition, however, to the informed…
F.E.A.S.T. is committed to a coalition-building model of advocacy work. It is one of our bedrock principles: a committed to a coalition-building model of advocacy…
September 2013 Dear unknown friends, I am a young woman in recovery from anorexia, a condition I have battled for more than ten years. I…