Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in children is often mistaken for a lack of willpower. At Kartini Clinic, we view pediatric BED as a serious brain disorder with biological and neurological components. This medical perspective removes stigma and allows for proper, evidence-based, multidisciplinary treatment.
Kartini Clinic for Children and Families is introducing a new treatment approach for childhood obesity. While Kartini has always treated binge eating disorders - as well as metabolic conditions that…
When we think of eating disorders, we often imagine adult struggles, but they can affect children and young adults profoundly.
In the powerful documentary, "Spotting the Tiger," narrated by Oscar Award Winner Jamie Lee Curtis, the film emphasizes the importance of recognizing early warning signs of eating disorders in children.…
It is with decidedly mixed emotions that we announce our founder and chief medical officer, Julie O'Toole MD, MPH, will retire at the end of this year. First I'd like…
We just graduated an 11 year old boy from the Kartini Clinic and on his way out, proudly, he showed me a project he had been working on. He was…
When patients graduate from the Kartini Clinic I am often asked by the anxious/happy parents how they are to deal with any eating disorder symptoms going forward. What if they…
We had a therapy dog at Kartini Clinic for many years, and when the honorable Cleo, a black standard poodle, died it left a hole in our hearts. I’ll never…
It’s lunchtime at Kartini Clinic, and patients in our partial hospitalization program are settling in for their midday meal. Joining them at the table is Nutrition Counselor Annastacia Weiss. Annastacia…
In the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders, depression is a not uncommon finding. Sometimes we identify it on admission to Kartini Clinic, sometimes it has already been…
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