NEDA CONFERENCE! Austin, TX -- September 18 - 20, 2008
Break the Silence: Tools for Help, Hope and Healing.The NEDA Conference is the only national conference in the field especially designed to address the needs of families, as well as provide updates for treatment providers and educators. This event brings people together, fosters connections, and provides information in a welcoming environment.
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Check the Conference Homepage for information about sponsoring or exhibiting at the 2008 NEDA Conference, registration details, and scholarship information.
We hope you can join us at this one of a kind event!
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* www.NationalEatingDisorders.org
GET REALAs many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more struggle with binge eating disorder.
The stigma associated with eating disorders has long kept individuals suffering in silence, inhibited to treatment. Due to the lack of information, the public and professionals fail to recognize the dangers of eating disorders. Not enough funding is dedicated to fighting eating disorders and their devastating consequences - leaving millions of people and their families alone, frightened, and in danger.GET REALEating disorders are REAL illnesses with REAL consequences.
*Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
*Eating disorders are more expensive to treat than schizophrenia.
*Eating disorders are more common than Alzheimer's disease.GET REALNEDA is working hard to overcome these challenges through increased awareness, early intervention, and improved access to treatment. Eating disorders are serious illnesses, but treatment is available, and recovery is possible.
*NEDA increases public awareness and provides information.
*NEDA connects individuals and their loved ones with the information, care, and support they need to recover.
*NEDA supports research to discover the causes of eating disorders and the most effective means of prevention and treatment.
*NEDA advocates for increased access to care and public policies that recognize eating disorders as serious mental illnesses.
GET REAL. EATING DISORDERS ARE ILLNESSES, NOT CHOICES.Help us spread hope and help to those struggling with poor body image and disordered eating. Visit the NEDA website and get involved today!To stay informed and receive email updates from NEDA, visit MyNeda .
