The Fall 2024 Family and Friends Newsletter is Here!

Read all about EDRC’s latest events and initiatives in the Fall 2024 edition of our Family and Friends Newsletter! This quarter’s newsletter features a showcase of our work with the Golden Gate Silicon Valley YWCA, new staff and volunteer spotlights, and a word from our founder Janice Bremis! View the full Fall 2024 newsletter Subscribe…

Join EDRC October 5 for Silicon Valley NAMIWalks!

Join NAMI and EDRC October 5 for NAMIWalks Silicon Valley! The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is hosting dozens of simultaneous fundraising and awareness events from coast to coast throughout October, and you can support EDRC directly by joining our team at NAMIWalks Silicon Valley! Events include the walkathon starting in San Jose’s History…

A woman lies in a hospital bed with IV ports taped around her hand.

Washington Post: Should anorexia ever be called ‘terminal’?

“In 2011, when she was 21, Esther registered with The Hague-based End of Life Clinic (now the Euthanasia Expertise Center), which provides physician-assisted suicide for patients who meet the requirements of the Netherlands’ Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act. Before accepting a patient’s request, the physician must, among other things, be satisfied…

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The Summer 2024 Family and Friends Newsletter is Here!

Read about EDRC’s latest events and initiatives in the Summer 2024 edition of our Family and Friends Newsletter! This quarter’s newsletter features a showcase of our 2024 Be-You-Tiful Contest winners, the Eating Disorders Coalition Advocacy Day in Washington DC, and a word from our founder Janice Bremis! View the full Summer 2024 newsletter. Subscribe to…

Exterior view of a Kaiser Pemanente medical center.

Eating Disorders Resource Center thrives with a healthy dose of funds from Kaiser Permanente

The Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC), a non-profit organization focused on raising community consciousness and understanding of eating disorders, has recently been awarded a $25,000 Kaiser Permanente grant. The grant will help support the EDRC’s Support Towards Recovery and Getting Connected programs, which provide direct services to those struggling with eating disorders and their families…