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How Can I Afford Eating Disorder Therapy? When seeking treatment for an eating disorder, two of the first questions that often arise are: “How much will treatment cost?” and “How will I pay for treatment?” The answers to these seemingly simple questions depend on a great many variables. Eating disorders are complex illnesses that present …
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by Carolyn Comas, LCSW, CEDS-S On September 18th, 2019 Instagram instituted an official policy that all ads promoting diet and weight loss products would only be able to be viewed by users 18 and over. Under this policy, once reported they can remove false ads. This is a huge victory in the world of challenging …
In October I attended the second annual March Against ED (AKA “MOM March”), followed by Eating Disorder Lobby Day for the Anna Westin Act (H.R.2515/S. 1865) in Washington, DC. The Act is the first eating disorders-specific bill to receive bipartisan support at introduction, which is exciting. There is hope that the bill will be passed …