Parents of Eating Disordered Children

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• Welcoming Laura Collins and New Eating Disorders Blog for Parents
• Share Your Mental Health Experiences
• "Parents of Eating Disordered Children" On HealthyPlace TV
• From HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• How to Comfort the Grieving Child

Welcoming Laura Collins and New Eating Disorders Blog for Parents

When you hear people talk about eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, it's usually from the patient's perspective. Unfortunately, says Laura Collins, author of Eating With Your Anorexic, parents often feel marginalized and left out of the eating disorders recovery process. What makes it even more difficult for parents of children with anorexia or bulimia, according to Collins, is that some in the eating disorders treatment community incorrectly blame the parents for the child's eating disorder, leaving the parents feeling extremely guilty for their child's illness.

After personally experiencing these things during her daughter's recovery from anorexia, Laura became a parent activist. And now, her blog, Eating Disorders Recovery: The Power of Parents, dispensing information, insights and advice to parents, is on HealthyPlace.com with new posts appearing every Monday and Wednesday. Laura is also a guest on this Wednesday's HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show (see below).

Recent Posts From Eating Disorders Recovery: The Power of Parents Blog

• Eating Disorders Education For Parents: Learn By Forgetting
• Virtual World, But Real Connections
• Why Blogging Improves My Mental Health

Information on Signs, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment of Anorexia, Bulimia and Other Eating Disorders

HealthyPlace Eating Disorders Community Homepage

• The Many Causes of Eating Disorders
• Link Between Eating Disorders and Bad Experiences
• Myths and Misconceptions About Eating Disorders
• Who Needs Eating Disorders Treatment?
• Can Eating Disorders Be Treated Successfully?
• Articles For Parents of a Child with Anorexia or Bulimia
• List of All Eating Disorders Articles on HealthyPlace.com

Share Your Mental Health Experiences

Share your experiences with stigma of mental illness or any mental health subject, or respond to other people's audio posts, by calling our toll-free number (1-888-883-8045).

You can listen to what other people are saying by clicking on the gray title bars inside the widgets located on the "Sharing Your Mental Health Experiences" homepage, the HealthyPlace homepage, and the HealthyPlace Support Network homepage.

If you have any questions, write us at: info AT healthyplace.co

"Parents of Eating Disordered Children" On HealthyPlace TV

Your child has anorexia, bulimia or some other eating disorder. How are you going to get through it? Author of "Eating With Your Anorexic" and parent activist, Laura Collins, has some important information and direct answers. She's our guest on this week's HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show.

You can watch the interview live, Wed., March 24, at 4p CST, 5p EST on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show website. On-demand after that.

• Eating Disorder Recovery: Information for Parents (tv show blog, which includes audio)

Still to Come in March on the HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show

• Helping My Daughter Recover Her Sanity

If you would like to be a guest on the show or share your personal story in writing or via video, please write us at: producer AT healthyplace.com

Click here for a list of previous HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Shows.

From HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

• Yes, I am Bipolar and, Yes, I Can Be Great (Bipolar Vida blog)
• Adult ADHD: I'm Only Mostly Organized (ADDaboy! adult ADHD blog)
• 5 Tips for Reducing Gym Anxiety (Nitty Gritty of Anxiety blog)
• Happiness is a Choice, Not a Reaction
• ADHD Memories in Brief (Sometimes I'm Thankful For Short-Term Memory Problems)

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

How to Comfort the Grieving Child

Despite our best efforts to protect children from hardship and loss, life's tragedies come in many painful varieties. One of the most jarring is the shockingly sudden emotional assault of a close peer's accidental death. Not only can it rupture a child's sense of security, but the grieving process can trigger many issues that children may be unprepared to manage.

How can parents help their child through the grieving process. Dr. Steven Richfield, the Parent Coach, has some suggestions.

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