Elizabeth Beck

Of course this is not in the DSM, but perhaps it will be one day. Read a small article about Orthorexia Nervosa here.

When I was working with individuals with eating disorders, I was struck by the qualities that seemed to accompany the personalities of anorexics. As I wrote my thesis, my literature review shed some light on my observations and how researchers describe these personality traits. For example, it has been mentioned in numerous studies that anorexics [...]

I first learned how to make a stress ball, using a balloon and flour, when I was working with Jeanette Pailas ATR-BC at the Friends Hospital Eating Disorder Unit in Philadelphia, PA. The purpose of making the stress balls was so that the clients could use the final product itself during times of anxiety, but [...]

My thesis is now posted and ready for viewing.