“Ten years ago, Clare Gerada, FRCGP, an advocate for physician well-being and today President of the UK’s Royal College of General Practitioners, made a prediction to the audience at the International Conference on Physician Health. “We have seen a massive increase in eating disorders [among doctors],” she said. “I’m not sure anybody is quite aware…
Read about EDRC’s latest events and initiatives in the Winter 2024 edition of our Family and Friends Newsletter! This quarter features spotlights of our volunteers, involvement in 2023 Silicon Valley NAMIWalks, and a speech from support group leader Bruce Brugler on his family’s personal experience with eating disorders. View the full Winter 2024 newsletter. Subscribe…
“The doctors told Naomi that she could not leave the hospital. She was lying in a narrow bed at Denver Health Medical Center. Someone said something about a judge and a court order. Someone used the phrase “gravely disabled.” Naomi did not think she was gravely disabled. Still, she decided not to fight it. She…