Status of Women committee  No. I don't believe it's captured. I also think it is complicated by the fact that many individuals with eating disorders die of medical complications that are documented as the cause of death. Also, many individuals with eating disorders commit suicide.

Status of Women committee  I'm one of those people who think the more information we have, the better equipped we are to tackle the issue at hand.

Status of Women committee  I think there needs to be timely, early identification of an eating disorder. It needs to be done in a respectful and collaborative way with the individual and the family members involved in her or his care. It needs to take into account the complexity of the individual's posit

Status of Women committee  Actually, yes, I'd support that.

Status of Women committee  Some do. Family-based treatment is the basic model for a hospital such as Southlake in Ontario. The Hospital for Sick Children has family-based treatment. It's currently the model of choice for many hospitals.

Status of Women committee  In the discharge process, I believe every individual would be provided with some alternatives she could follow up. The nature of the illness is such that many individuals with eating disorders don't have the capacity to advocate for themselves and may fall through the cracks. Fo

Status of Women committee  Yes, in fact, we are actually launching a new website, hopefully later today, and all of our material is printable. There is a lot of information. I certainly encourage anyone who finds a gap in our information to please let us know, because we will do our best to fill that gap.

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Status of Women committee  Probably the biggest challenge is that very few treatment facilities will actually work with both of the concurrent issues. If someone, for instance, turns up at a substance abuse treatment program with an eating disorder, the person might be told that they will deal with the sub

Status of Women committee  Certainly the United Kingdom at the government level has done some really interesting work. They currently have a committee looking at best practices around, I think, education and awareness. They also have a best practices treatment schedule, I'd guess you'd call it.

Status of Women committee  I would send people to Statistics Canada for those statistics.

Status of Women committee  It's not a disease like any other. It has a cultural component that is challenging to address, and it is absolutely critical not to blame parents when their child develops an eating disorder. There is no one cause of an eating disorder. If every parent who made a comment about th

Status of Women committee  Parents are perceived, both by most health practitioners and definitely by their child, even though they may be reluctant, as the biggest and most important support in the recovery process. It's critical for any awareness campaign to recognize the multi-determined nature of eatin

Status of Women committee  Yes, I think it is important to put eating disorders into the context of other issues, but not to minimize those other issues. Eating disorders are deadly, and they need to addressed.

Status of Women committee  From my perspective, I'd like to see enough. In terms of actually articulating the kinds of treatment and how they are best delivered, that is definitely not NEDIC's domain. I would refer you to the clinicians.