Eating Disorder Screening Tool

We all know there are many ways to skin a cat, and perhaps the best way is to use all the tools at one's disposal.  At Kartini Clinic we use…

There is always a lot of talk and anxiety about a so-called "ideal body weight" (IBW) in patients with anorexia nervosa. It is sometimes called "expected body weight" "goal weight"…

Together with members of my clinical team I recently attended the Columbia River Eating Disorder Network's annual conference, where the key note speaker was a well-known local psychoanalyst, Dr. Kathy…

I have decided to share some case histories from my files for several reasons: to introduce the secret language of eating disorders to those who do not speak it, to…

I have decided to share some case histories from my files for several reasons: to introduce the secret language of eating disorders to those who do not speak it, to…

There are two posts I hope to make people aware of, beyond the mere fact of a link on our website to them: This one is simple: a fact sheet…

Over the past several weeks there has been a burning controversy on the Academy for Eating Disorders' email listserv that started when I used the term "brain disorder" to describe…

Over the years Kartini Clinic has been an enthusiastic proponent of research in our field, contributing to and even initiating research projects whenever we could. But recently I have had…

The recent tragic death in hospital of a young teen in the northern UK, as well as the death of the French model Isabelle Caro while hospitalized, and the subsequent…

"Charlotte," the mother of a child with an eating disorder, and an active blogger on F.E.A.S.T., sent me a film she made which I must share with all of you.…