Spark of Life Trilogy By Dave MacEwan. Explains the counselor's new therapy for the treatment of anorexia and bulimia eating disorders; offers key resources, interactive quiz, and free book.
Eating Disorder An eating disorder is a syndrome in which a person eats in a way which disturbs their physical health. Overeating is the most common and obvious such disorder, and was in the past often attributed to a lack of self-control. Psychologists nowadays prefer to class the other syndromes as "mental disorders", going by the mental health model that views the syndrome as caused by something largely outside human will.
Binge Eating Disorder Binge eating disorder is a medical syndrome in which, according to currently accepted definitions, people:
Disordered Eating Disordered Eating is a term that is used by some people to describe a wide variety of irregularities in eating behavior that do not warrant a diagnosis of a specific eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. People who have this kind of disordered eating patterns may be diagnosed with an eating disorder not otherwise specified. A change in eating patterns can also be caused by other mental disorders (e.g. clinical depression), or by factors that are generally considered to be unrelated to mental disorders (e.g. extreme home-sickness).
Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified Eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) is a diagnostic category of sub-clinical mental disorders that involve disordered eating patterns. EDNOS is described in the DSM-IV-TR, the latest version of the diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association, as a "category disorders of eating that do not meet the criteria for any specific Eating Disorder". The category is frequently used for people who meet some, but not all, diagnostic criteria of a regular eating disorder like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder. For example, a woman who shows all the symptoms of anorexia nervosa, but who still has a normal menstrual cycle or normal weight, can be diagnosed with EDNOS. A sufferer may binge on food but spit it out before swallowing, therefore not meeting the requirements of bulimia. Chronic dieting may also be classified as EDNOS.
Eating Disorders Association Eating Disorders Association is a British medical charity dedicated to helping people with eating disorders and providing information about these disorders.