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New book "Eating Disorders in a Capitalist Society: Super Woman or a Super Failure?"

jelena.mavrovic — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:53:09 +0000

New book „Eating Disorders in a Capitalist Society: Super Woman or a Super Failure“, by the author Ph.D. Jelene Balabanić Mavrović deals with the sociological perspective of eating disorders in today's modern world, and the influence of gender roles in shaping attitudes towards the body and food. The book was created on the basis of research conducted a few years ago with young women who had experience of eating disorders, and provides a unique insight into the intimate world of sufferers. The perfectionist expectations that girls are exposed to today, from the imperative of success in school, a top career, a perfect appearance and an idyllic family life, put them in a position to feel that they are "never good enough", where the relationship to their own body is shown to be an arena of proving their own values, but also to escape from the terrifying demands of external success.

If we want to understand eating disorders, perhaps we should prepare ourselves for the contradictions that outline this complex state of the psyche: the need to be the best coexists with the need to disappear and be invisible, just as the need to be beautiful and attractive coexists with the need to not have a body, to be asexual or to embody characteristics of the opposite sex.

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I am here too. Can you see me?

cbea — Wed, 02 May 2018 21:22:27 +0000

Did you know that eating disorders are serious mental disorders that affect 40 000 people in Croatia?
Did you know that about 10% that suffer from anorexia die from consequences related to eating disorder?
Did you know that anorexia has the highest mortality rate among all mental disorders?

Persons with eating disorder feel shame, guilt, anger. They feel invisible and isolated. Their voice is not heard. Their problems are not recognized. We at Center BEA are trying hard to change that.

Center BEA is available every day, throughout the year for people with eating disorders and their families. For many of them, Center BEA is a first step in recovery. At the same time, the hardest step.

After years of experience in working with eating disorders, in 2012. we founded Center for eating disorder BEA. Within our activities, we provide support for persons with eating disorders and their families, organise preventive programs and educate public through public health programs. Together with professional from Croatia, we participated in creating of Strategic Guidelines to Improve Prevention and Treatment of Eating Disorders in Croatia.

Unfortunately, we noticed there is increased need in our services. Althought there is a common belief that the people with the eating disorder are guilty for their difficulties, it is important to point out that eating disorders are a serious mental disorders that can leave a severe and lasting consequence, both physical and psychological.

We at BEA Center allow people to become visible, to hear their voice and to identify their problems. Although we work continuously since 2012, we still lack the adequate space to carry out our activities on a day-to-day basis and provide support to people suffering from eating disorders and their families.

That is why we are organizing a crowfunding campaign to gather the resources needed to equip space and work in a newly restored space.

You too can become part of our campaign:

- by purchasing perks
- by donating any amount
- sharing this campaign on social networks
- inviting your friends to join the campaign and donate any amount

Link on the campain:

Norway

jelena.mavrovic — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:18:30 +0000

Regional Centre for Eating Disorders (RASP)

Where: Oslo, Norway

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Monte Nido and affiliates

Residential treatment centers in California, Massachussetts, New York and Oregon

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Center for Eating Disorders at the Vilnius Mental Health Center

Where: Vilnius, Lithuania

Center for Eating Disorders at the Vilnius Mental Health Center offers modern and unique eating disorder treatment focused on individual approach and specific needs of a patient. Main purpose of Center for Eating Disorders is to provide support and assistance to the patient consistent with his needs at the time. The multidisciplinary team offers wide range of services, testing and treatment methods that are constantly improving.

Interesting fact:

Center for Eating Disorders at the Vilnius Mental Health Center in 2017 hosted Vilnius meeting of the European Council of Eating Disorder. The main theme of the conference was Eating Disorders in Multicultural Seetings, a very important issue in a multi-ethnic and globalized world where communities are increasingly diverse and as a result professionals are challenged to take a wide variety of socio-cultural aspects into account when providing treatment.

Brigita Baks - Founder and director of the Center for Eating Disorders at the Vilnius Mental Health Center, Vilnius

Slovenia

jelena.mavrovic — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:07:57 +0000

University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana, Department of Eating Disorders

Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Villa Garda Hospital, Department of Eating and Weight Disorders

Where: Garda (near Verona), Italy

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Villa Garda Hospital, established in 1920, and providing treatment for eating disorders, as well as other illnesses. Villa Garda is open both for men and women without age limit, and with severe anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorders who have not responded to outpatient treatment. Capacity is 49 beds (38 for regular inpatients and 11 for day patients). Treatment is based on enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-E), considered by international guidelines as the most effective form of cure for all eating disorders. Individualized and flexible treatment is conducted by a multidisciplinary team consisting of doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, dietitians, physiotherapists and professional nurses.

Interesting fact: Multidisciplinary team is guided by Riccardo Dalle Grave, MD, a world expert in the treatment of eating disorders, author of books and numerous articles. Centar BEA hosted Dr. Dalle Grave in 2015 when he presented to the Croatian public his method of working with people suffering from eating disorder. Evaluation of the success of KBT-E multistep in the treatment of adolescents is about 80% while adults expect about 40% of total recovery (two thirds of adult patients ending KBT-E treatment meet the recovery criteria). According to the latest research, KBT-E is the most effective method for treating these severe and life-threatening disorders.

Germany

jelena.mavrovic — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:52:48 +0000

CASA-ZWO e.V Residential Groups

Where: Göttingen, Germany

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The Maudsley Hospital

Where: London, UK

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BODYWHYS – The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland

Where: Dublin, Ireland

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