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Body Talk: Examining a Collaborative Multiple-Visit Program for Visitors with Eating Disorders
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Baddeley, Gwen; Evans, Laura; Lajeunesse, Marilyn; Legari, Stephen – Journal of Museum Education, 2017
"Sharing the Douglas/Sharing the Museum," a collaboration program of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), the Douglas Mental Health Institute and the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Concordia University, serves patients from the Eating Disorder Unit of the Douglas. Participants eat lunch at the museum and look at, talk…
Descriptors: Museums, Eating Disorders, Art Therapy, Foreign Countries
A Preliminary Trial of a Prototype Internet Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for Young Women with Body Image Concerns
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Stice, Eric; Rohde, Paul; Durant, Shelley; Shaw, Heather – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: A group dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program, in which young women critique the thin ideal, reduces eating disorder risk factors and symptoms, but it can be difficult to identify school clinicians with the time and expertise to deliver the intervention. Thus, we developed a prototype Internet version of this program and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Risk, Eating Disorders, Self Concept
Attachment Styles and Changes among Women Members of Overeaters Anonymous Who Have Recovered from Binge-Eating Disorder
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Hertz, Pnina; Addad, Moshe; Ronel, Natti – Health & Social Work, 2012
In Overeaters Anonymous (OA), the 12-step self-help program for compulsive overeaters, binge eating is regarded as a physical, spiritual, and emotional disorder. Consequently, the program proposes recovery through the adoption of a lifestyle that leads to physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being. A qualitative phenomenological study that…
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Eating Disorders, Parent Child Relationship, Personal Narratives
The Body Logic Program for Adolescents: A Treatment Manual for the Prevention of Eating Disorders
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Varnado-Sullivan, Paula J.; Zucker, Nancy – Behavior Modification, 2004
The Body Logic Program for Adolescents was developed as a two-stage intervention to prevent the development of eating disorder symptoms. Preliminary results indicate that this program shows promise as an effective prevention effort. The current article provides a detailed description of the protocol for implementing Body Logic Part I, a…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Logical Thinking, Intervention, Adolescents
Addressing the Spectrum of Adolescent Weight-Related Problems: Engaging Parents and Communities
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Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne – Prevention Researcher, 2007
Weight-related problems, including eating disorders, disordered eating, and obesity, are prevalent among adolescents. School and community-based educators and health care providers have an important role to play in the prevention of weight-related problems in youth. This article includes: 1) a brief overview of weight-related problems in…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Eating Disorders, Adolescents
An Overview of a Peer Health Education Program at a Student Health Service.
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White, Sabina A. – Peer Facilitator Quarterly, 1994
The article describes the Peer Health Education (PHE) programs of the University of California at Santa Barbara Student Health Service. The PHE programs involve training and placement components and focus on relationships, nutrition, eating disorders, stress and laughter, alcohol/drug responsibility, cold care, sexuality, leadership, blood…
Descriptors: College Students, Eating Disorders, Health Education, Health Promotion