BIPOC MENTAL HEALTH MONTH Since 2008, July has been known as Minority Mental Health Month. This year, individuals, communities and mental health organizations, including EDCare, are celebrating this month of advocacy and awareness by shifting the language from Minority Mental Health Month to Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Month. This [...]
Eating Disorder Prevalence in the LGBTQ+ Community June 1st marks the beginning of Pride Month in the United States. Pride is a time for LGBTQ+ individuals to celebrate and recognize the work that has been done to achieve equal justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning individuals. Pride is also a [...]
Black Lives Matter To all of those in the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community who are hurting, know that we at EDCare see you, hear you and stand with you. We need to be having ongoing conversations around racial justice now more than ever. Inaction and silence perpetuate the [...]
Positive, unconditional support can make a huge impact on someone struggling with an eating disorder; however, sometimes it can be hard to know how to offer this kind of support. We live in a world where commenting on appearance and labeling foods as “good” and “bad” has been normalized, but can be extremely triggering for [...]
Finding Courage During Uncertain Times Many of our lives have experienced a considerable shift in the past few months. Work, celebrations, trips to the grocery store, and spending time with the people you love might look a little different right now. The one thing you can hold constant through this transition is [...]
“Is it my fault? Was there something I could have done to prevent it? Did I fail as a parent?” Let’s get one thing straight: parents are not to blame for their child’s eating disorder. These questions are not going to help your family adjust to the current situation. It also won’t help if you [...]
Virtual Care Services Now Admitting Patients into our Virtual EIOP In the face of uncertainty, we are here for you. EDCare continues to monitor and adapt our programs in accordance with the policies and procedures recommended by the CDC and local government agencies. As a result, we have transitioned our Evening Intensive Outpatient Program [...]
Diets Don't Work Fend off the empty promises of diet culture. If at first you don’t succeed diet, and diet again. Nowhere is this phrase put more to the test than in the more than 50 million Americans who devote a good part of their lives to repeated attempts to shed unwanted pounds. [...]
Building My Base Layer: Self-Care EDCare Recovery Advocate Guest Blog | Jill W. From the moment of conception, elders nourish us. From microscopic beings to tiny, fragile humans, grown-ups hovered, held us, cradled us to sleep, and fed us one tiny morsel at a time. As toddlers, our every syllable and every step was [...]
Body Positivity Starts With YOU So much of our time is spent taking in messages from the world around us. Whether we realize it or not, this constant bombardment can have a devastating impact on our mental health. “Do this”, “Eat that”, “Tone up”, “Slim down” - on and on it goes. The danger [...]
