At Kartini Clinic, we have had a parent support group from the beginning. At first my husband Steve and I led parent group. After a few years it was taken…
This post was originally published on December 16, 2015. Possibly nothing has changed so much over the last ten years as the acceptance of parents’ role in the treatment of…
One of the lesser known symptoms of early onset anorexia nervosa is “self abnegation” or even “self punishment.” Although these symptoms can be seen in older patients (adolescents) too, our…
Over the next few weeks I am going to do a series of blogs on food. No surprise, I imagine, but by “food” I mean “ingredients”. At Kartini Clinic we…
In our clinic we spend a lot of time thinking and talking to our patients about the hormone leptin. In another instance of the concordance of important findings to obesity…
I read an article on Medpage the other day - “Docs have Role in Preventing Childhood Obesity” - about recent recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which I found both…
I am writing to you from Berlin tonight and thinking about a recent article written by Dr. Bulik on the challenges of international travel for those with an eating disorder,…
Two current Kartini parents handed me an excellent article the other day whose lead author, Walter Kaye, is likely well known to our readers. The article, Temperament-based Treatment for Anorexia…
Christmas is not just one single holiday at Kartini Clinic, it is several. In fact it’s a season involving many celebrations and special events. Some of our patients’ families do…
This blog is asking for help from those of you who have a child with anorexia nervosa but who may have experienced an eating disorder yourself. Any clinic or provider…
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