Safe Eating Using the “Magic Plate”
I am often surprised and pleased at the way we—pediatric providers who believe in the biological basis for eating disorders and parents who are caring for their children-- stumble our…
I am often surprised and pleased at the way we—pediatric providers who believe in the biological basis for eating disorders and parents who are caring for their children-- stumble our…
I have a lot to give thanks for, great and small, and I bet you do too: for the soft, cold rain instead of icy roads, for the warm cup…
OK folks, as Laura Collins says: “A new era of science-based, family inclusive and truly optimistic eating disorder treatment begins now.”And it begins with the F.E.A.S.T. conference, the very first,…
Even when thinking about eating disorders I can’t help but ask myself: “wwbbd? --what would Botboy do?” Who the heck is Botboy? Well, the short answer is that Botboy is a social robot of my imagining, about whom…
As Dr. O’Toole is away this week, I thought I would try to fill her rather roomy shoes and take a stab at this week’s blog. As CEO I’m often…
Who is not a candidate for family-based treatments (FBTs)? We don’t like to think about this question, and we like to talk about it openly even less. As a community…
There are many by-words in contemporary medicine and ever more coming along. “Vertical integration” is one of them, but what exactly does it mean?It means something that we have been…
What is it that makes a good doctor? The much vaunted ‘bedside manner’—what does it mean? I think it’s the old “give a damn” factor at work, a factor I…