Some blog topics draw in a continuous trickle of commentary long after they've been published. One such blog is entitled “Determining Ideal Body Weight”. And little wonder. The other…
From one of our favorite international (Australian) treatment teams comes an article published online November 2013 in the journal Advances in Eating Disorders: Theory Research and Practice discussing “Anorexia nervosa…
A recent book by UCSF professor and pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Robert Lustig -- horridly titled Fat Chance -- has turned my mind to past discussions of our program’s dietary recommendations, aka the…
No doubt I will make myself unpopular (again) with some of our psychiatric colleagues by speaking out in this way about the use of locked psychiatric units in the treatment…
Many people are shocked when they learn that we have patients with anorexia nervosa as young as six or seven, and, although it is rare, it certainly does occur. Why…
There is a common misconception out there that Kartini patients are fed on a strict meal plan for the rest of their lives. But what exactly is our meal plan? And…
This week’s blog covers a topic - menstruation in female patients - which I have written about before, but, given its critical importance to our female patients and their parents,…
I’m sure all specialties have their frustrations, but here is a major one of mine: patients who come to Kartini Clinic needing -- indeed deserving -- help but at the…
This is a tribute to two people who just plain “get it.” And, you know, it can be hard to get. I certainly know many professionals who deeply do not…
Inspired to think outside my usual box by Dr. Eric Topol, author of Creative Destruction of Medicine this morning, I began to ask myself: how can I help parents who…
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