The Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC) of Silicon Valley is thrilled to announce the launch of the 16th annual Be-YOU-Tiful multimedia contest! The themes regarding this year’s contest are Mental Health, Identity, Self-Acceptance, and Self-Care. Bay Area students grades 6-12 are invited to submit an essay, poem, visual art piece, video, or other piece of…
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 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…
“Families who have endured the heartbreaking loss of a child due to online harms have long advocated for Congress to address Big Tech’s dangerous design choices and predatory algorithms. Today’s passage of KOSPA amounts to the first legislative step since 1998 to regulate online environments, aiming to protect minors from these risks. ParentsSOS calls on…
“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…
“The use of the O-word in the title indicates, right away, that fatness and fat bodies are viewed as a problem to be eradicated. At this point in time, we have mountains of data to support the fact that the correlation between fatness and health problems is overwhelmingly due to the real-life impacts of anti-fat…
“The glucagon-like peptide 1, or GLP-1, drug is a fairly new medication that was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It was designed to improve blood sugar, along with diet and exercise, possibly leading to weight loss. But research has shown that nearly half…
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…
“In the 60s, a group of scientists studied how starvation would affect the American population in case there was ever a food supply issue or food shortage problem. They recruited healthy male volunteers. Pay attention to this part: they screened out anybody who had previous mental health issues or problems with food.” Read the full…
The Triton Museum presents EDRC’s 2024 Be-You-Tiful Multimedia Contest winners in their Digital Art Gallery until June 16th! Plan your visit before Sunday, and get to know this year’s winners on our Be-You-Tiful Contest page. Plan your visit to the Triton Museum of Art If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating…