Posts Tagged ‘Mental Health’
Teen expelled from private school for anorexia
29 Nov 2008Last year the University of Colorado suspended student Brittany Bethel and placed her on the university’s persona non grata list of individuals banned from campus. What did the star swimmer do to warrant such disciplinary action? Bethel suffers from anorexia and according to the university, violated the school’s honor code of “by being a [...]
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Is the economy making you sicker?
10 Oct 2008A recent New York Times health headline asks, “Is the economy making you ill? An economic crisis can exact a toll on health, especially those people who already occupy the lowest rungs of the socioeconomic ladder. Eating disorder treatment can be costly and difficult to wrangle with insurance companies even during boom times. As insurance [...]
After two weeks of contentious and high-spirited debate, the federal government’s ambitious and historic plan to bail out the nation’s financial system was signed into law by President Bush on Friday. While H.R. 1424 is intended to resuscitate the nation’s ailing financial health, the act also helps to improve the nation’s mental health: Amongst the [...]
I bring you good tidings from the state of Illinois, where House Bill 1432 has been passed by the Illinois House of Representatives! I reported on this bill in June while it was “under review” by Ill. Governor Rod Blagojevich and encouraged readers to contact the governor encouraging him to sign it into law. Only [...]
Eating disorders and mental health parity
In: Anorexia|Bulimia|Eating Disorders|Legal Issues|Mental Health|Rachel
23 Jun 2008CBS has a report on some sad news to come out of San Diego. Twenty-six year old Janell Smith was hospitalized in January this year for anorexia. A feeding tube kept the severely underweight woman alive. But three weeks later just as Janell seemed to be improving, her father said he got a call from [...]
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- Emily O.: I'd just like to put out there that, having been tube-fed, I found the tube-feeding scene really ups [...]
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