tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post2798081594429464326..comments2024-03-23T08:25:22.526-04:00Comments on ED Bites: Of hooves and horsesCarrie Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-9183863700162092542009-06-14T11:15:25.943-04:002009-06-14T11:15:25.943-04:00Tiptoe,
I really liked that book as well. And th...Tiptoe,<br /><br />I really liked that book as well. And there was a NY Times article I read/blogged about a few months ago that looked at why doctors ignore evidence-based medicine.Carrie Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-1347327583003671242009-06-14T00:04:17.965-04:002009-06-14T00:04:17.965-04:00This is completely off topic, but whenever I think...This is completely off topic, but whenever I think of the this saying about horses not zebras, I am always reminded of Dr. Jerome Groopman's book, How doctors Think. <br /><br />Too often times, we are thinking too much about the horse, and it's only those who are willing to think out of the box that will think of the zebra.Tiptoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388368645986593755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-26854097113298814752009-06-12T10:41:49.476-04:002009-06-12T10:41:49.476-04:00Laura Collins' latest post (Parents do cause o...Laura Collins' latest post (Parents do cause oranges!) I think says everything I wanted to but much more articulately!Carrie Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-3477733173193459612009-06-12T10:09:31.909-04:002009-06-12T10:09:31.909-04:00It's hard to know what to say about all that, ...It's hard to know what to say about all that, like the other commenter said.<br /><br />Perhaps it is something more like I've heard explained to a non-scientist like me - that anorexia is like a "perfect storm" and all the conditions have to be right. And sometimes - often, in fact - childhood abuse is one of those conditions.<br /><br />I worry a bit about the emphasis on family therapy. Even if my family had agreed to such a thing, it only would have destroyed me even quicker.<br /><br />Both my half-sister and I have an eating disorder, and both of us were abused in the family we grew up in. My mother emphasized thinness as the most important thing we were ever to strive for and shamed us publicly if we were "too fat", when we were at normal, healthy weights. So maybe we do both have some similar brain chemistry problem - but I can't help thinking these other things didn't influence it.<br /><br />On the other hand I don't think every anorexia person has abusive parents. So I just don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-83748683636122406262009-06-11T19:50:43.179-04:002009-06-11T19:50:43.179-04:00Very, very intersting and though provoking idea. ...Very, very intersting and though provoking idea. Admittedly I got a little lost in all the hooves and horses and horse poo at the end (my fault, not yours!).<br />I know there are a lot of studies etc about brain chemisty, hereditariness (?), genetics. And I know I too hate the way that people blame all sorts of different things - attempting to pin point a 'cause' for eating disorders.<br />But do you think for SOME people those things might have a large role to play? I know bad parenting gets a terrible rap for causing eating disorders...but do you think SOMETIMES it could be a large part of issue in SOME cases?<br /><br />I'm not trying to be an ass :) I legitimately want to know. Because I still do feel like in my case...well, I do don't blame my parents per se, but my upbringing that was in their control, was child-locked-in-the-basement-esque.<br /><br />That said though - I understand your point. Maybe another child, living the very same life as I, wouldn't develop an ED.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-31422323522215747332009-06-11T09:26:02.055-04:002009-06-11T09:26:02.055-04:00I went to a NEDA/STAR meeting last night which had...I went to a NEDA/STAR meeting last night which had interesting presentations by a therapist and a state health care advocate as well as exhortations to lobby for legislation and education. It was a good meeting but still missing something. People are still afraid to say the words "eating disorder" out loud. Some of the same "reasons" for developing an eating disorder were trotted out, speaking of hooves, but no mention or discussion of medical research was offered beyond a reference to the Keys study. Clearly there's a lot of work to be done. <br /><br />The good news is there was a group of 30 parents and therapists eager to push for better education of health care providers and legislation of insurance coverage.sad momnoreply@blogger.com